tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post4600279142515692645..comments2024-03-28T00:22:13.698-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: The major assemblies for a B 24 laid out at Willow Run assembly plant.Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-5349696821095415802021-05-18T09:02:12.094-07:002021-05-18T09:02:12.094-07:00Very cool pic and info. Never heard of them shipp...Very cool pic and info. Never heard of them shipping major components for final assembly.PaigeKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16947500654432325542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-86924088903667032522021-05-18T05:05:08.574-07:002021-05-18T05:05:08.574-07:00The plane is actually a B-24.The plane is actually a B-24.Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06803019236150824345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-27492426049087364182021-05-18T02:39:47.398-07:002021-05-18T02:39:47.398-07:00My two favorite B-24 stories, taken from a compreh...My two favorite B-24 stories, taken from a comprehensive book about the aircraft:<br /><br />The B-24 plant that Ford built was L-shaped with a carrousel about 2/3 way down the one mile long production line, so the building wouldn't cross a county line. Which in turn would make things bad as far as taxes were concerned. So never mind powercrazed Nazi Übermenschen and fanatical Kamikaze pilots; you just DON'T fuck with the IRS....<br /><br />Then there was the time a RAF B-24 flying courier mail to Stockholm, and landed with a cracked cylinder. The Brits had a Swede go to the other end of Arlanda Airport, where the Germans had some DC-2s parked, bought before the war, and which used the same engines. <br /> Sorry, they didn't have any spare cylinders available - but they'd arrange to have one flown up from Berlin on the next courier flight!<br /> So there we have it: Just because your countries are at war, you can still be a good sport and help out a fellow pilot. Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446387470419012485noreply@blogger.com