Donald Douglas

Donald Douglas Building Planes 1942


$2,500,000 Worth of Planes a Day

By ANDREW R. BOONE

Donald Douglas 1942

Donald Douglas 1942

From article in March 1942 Popular Science
Donald Wills Douglas Sr. of Douglas Aircraft Company

A Douglas Plant 1942

A Douglas Plant 1942

From article in March 1942 Popular Science
Today, Douglas plants cover 3,338,100 Square feet of floor space, by next June will reach 5,000,000. This is a scene in one of the mammoth factories that are turning out a steady stream of planes night and day.

Cloudster

Cloudster

Cloudster From article in March 1942 Popular Science

Cloudster being built in Los Angeles

Cloudster being built in Los Angeles

... The Cloudster, as it took shape in a Los Angeles warehouse Streamlined and equipped with instruments

B-19 Polishing

B-19 Polishing

From article in March 1942 Popular Science
Polishing

Donald Douglas 1942 on board Endymion

Donald Douglas 1942 on board Endymion

From article in March 1942 Popular Science

Adjusting Brakes on a B-19

Adjusting Brakes on a B-19

Adjusting brakes while one man phones readings to the cockpit.
Source July 1941 Popular Mechanics Magazine

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