Interesting photo - Tractor and B-25

Larry EC-OH · Dec 9, 2015

I ran across this photo and thought I'd share.

October 1942

Welcome to Kansas City, Kansas, the midwestern location of B-25 production. As the photographer describes, ?B-25 bomber plane at North American Aviation being hauled along an outdoor assembly line.? The final B-25 in the United States Air Force?s inventory was assigned to March AFB, before being flown to Eglin AFB in Florida.
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Northvale - PA · Dec 9, 2015

There is a B-25 that flys out of the Lancaster, PA airport, occasionally flys over our place here in York County. It is an awesome sight as sometimes the pilot brings it over pretty low. You hear a faint noise and then vvvrrroooomm, the sound of those huge engines hits your ears. Just about scares the stuff out of you. Just awesome.

01gentdc · Dec 9, 2015

OUTSIDE ASSEMBLY LINE !!! get that sweetie generation!?! ,,. the men and women had to build the factories while they were building planes , ships ect ..//. my parents and uncles were smak dab in the middle of the greatest generation..my mother and aunts workt at Curtis /wright Louisville in the c -46,-47 wings in the hot summer sun . while the workman and women were building the factory over their heads .they workt 24/7 .. so that when winter came production would be streamlined ,.,. which it was . my Dad enlisted in jan 42 mechanized army 27th battalion ,amphibious tanks ,. . .one uncle helpt build the dry dox to build and repair ships ,.. mom and dad married in nov 17 ,45 ,. dads arm was in a sling ,,..

IA Roy · Dec 9, 2015

Fine looking W4 I believe!

Tubacase47 · Dec 9, 2015

I'd say it's an I4, not a W4.

johnlobb · Dec 10, 2015

The B-25 was my favorite bomber of WW2. My favorite fighter was the P-47, the "Jug".

Bobl1958 · Dec 10, 2015

My late Aunt worked at that factory in KC when she was 18 years old. She test fired machine guns in the planes. She told me that the pilots would drive down the runway (or a runway) and go just fast enough to lift the tail off the ground. Then the test fire gals would turn them 50's loose. She had several pins and awards for her help. The women of that era did a lot for the war effort for sure. Bob

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