1940s Lockheed plant camouflage

[speedbird591]

I've just had an email with these photos of the Lockheed plant in Burbank during the war. Apparently it was covered by camouflage netting and heavily disguised as a residential area to deter a possible Japanese air attack. Eye witnesses say that it was so strong that people were employed to walk and cycle around on it to increase the deception. Apparently, Boeing did something similar in Long Beach. Apologies to those who've seen it before - I hadn't and there may be others who are interested.

Ian

This is the before shot:



And these are the after shots:








I'd be tempted to think it was an April Fool but they look quite convincing!

[WhisperJet]

Fantastic!!!

Thanks for posting!

Nick

[Garry Russell]

Cheers Ian

How very interesting and very effective too

Never heard about this before.

[speedbird591]

Oh sorry. There was another one with aeroplanes in it which I forgot to post! Just to prove it wasn't a ball bearing factory or something.

[Hot_Charlie]

I'd be tempted to think it was an April Fool but they look quite convincing!

The famous Boeing "Plant 2" in Seattle was similarly camouflaged:

http://www.taphilo.com/history/WWII/USA ... ndex.shtml

[Garry Russell]

The art of camouflaging being to disguise something as something completely different, you'd think Boeing would have disguised their plant as a factory that made decent aeroplanes

[DaveB]

Question is.. who were they expecting to be bombed by.. the Canadians?

ATB
DaveB

[basys]

Question is.. who were they expecting to be bombed by.. the Canadians?

EDITED -
Oregon, USA was bombed by the Japanese,
in two seperate attacks, aka the Lookout Air Raids - Sept 42
flying an aircraft off the Japanese submarine I-25, (catapult & hangar).



HTH
ATB
Paul

[DaveB]

Cheers Paul.. I knew someone would come up with an interesting factoid

ATB
DaveB