Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant Hidden From Japanese Attack
November 11th 2010 00:15
Lockheed Aircraft Plant Before Camouflage
On various military anniversaries Rawfish has hosted stories from Gallipoli, Kokoda, Europe’s Eastern Front and previously unpublished pictures of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. On this, the 92nd Remembrance Day, images of the ingenious way the United States Army Corps of Engineers concealed the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant from Japanese scrutiny are featured.
...and After
Located at Burbank in California, this vital manufacturer was potentially within striking range of the Japanese Aircraft Carriers during World War II.
The Corp of Engineers conceived the idea of covering the entire plant; hangers, offices, roadways and carparks, with camouflage netting and fake trees to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.
History recounts that when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor the primary targets, four US aircraft carriers, were absent. After that, the Japs did not get any opportunities to strike at the United States mainland, so we shall never know if this cunning ruse would have fooled the Japanese pilots. Lockheed went on to produce over 19 thousand aircraft during World War II.
As we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We shall remember them.
Lest We Forget
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