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F4U Folks:

..more factory assembly shots. The aircraft closest to the camera in Buno XX1939 or C/n 1939. c. 1943. Photo Vought Archives.

The closest aircraft and most likely all of the others are F4U-4's, so c. 1944/45.

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This shot is of the same assembly line in Stratford, Connecticut taken October 23rd 2013 , 69 Years later from the opposite direction. You will notice the yellow overhead crane at the rear of the shot. That is where that photo was shot from originally. The factory changed quite a bit ove the past 6 decades. What you left is from the former tenant Allied Signal. The crane is original to the factory.
Very sadly this building (#2) will eventually come down.

Assembly Line by Cherry Bomb Photography, on Flickr

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Andrew King
Air Museum Director with no Museum to Direct
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C-13:

Nice pic indeed of old times! Can some of those lights be saved for your hangar project?? how about some of the metal as a donation to the CT Museum??

p.s Copper wire is in high demand nowadays!!