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Workers working on assembly airplanes.Los Angeles, CA, US August 1945 Hans Wild


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OH MAN, Thanks for those pics. Lots of great photos the last couple of days. This makes me more hungry for the Pac Coast bird. The Widow is my favorite Allied bird hands down.
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pretty sure everything in the picture of the assembly plant was scrapped shortly after it was taken. The picture is dated August 1945 and JB's site says this (when referrencing Consturction Number 1420 in the freground):

43-8362/8437 - Northrop P-61C Black Widow, c/n 1408/1483. Contract canceled

That would make 1420 Ser No. 43-8374

Maybe they where all finishe and flown to the recycling center or scrapped on site.


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So just how many -61's escaped the smelter, and continued in the aviation field?
What various roles were they impressed? Weather Research? What.

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curious questions:

What are the dive brake looking outlines on the wing panel just above the LIFE logo??

These aircraft have the "Stars and Bars" already applied, were they finishing Black Widows in Bare Metal Finish at the end of the war???? with black surfaces???


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Shay wrote:
curious questions:

What are the dive brake looking outlines on the wing panel just above the LIFE logo??

These aircraft have the "Stars and Bars" already applied, were they finishing Black Widows in Bare Metal Finish at the end of the war???? with black surfaces???


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Those are spoilers used for roll control instead of ailerons. Most of the trailing edge of the wing is taken up with flaps.

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Shay wrote:
curious questions:

What are the dive brake looking outlines on the wing panel just above the LIFE logo??

These aircraft have the "Stars and Bars" already applied, were they finishing Black Widows in Bare Metal Finish at the end of the war???? with black surfaces???


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Spoilers, used in conjunction with the itty bitty ailerons.
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I was wondering Who is Hans Wild ? ....................did this person work on the P-61's or some one that took the photo? Interested to know as my last name is Wild too 8)

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Those are speed brakes, the spoilers are behind the guys heads. Speed brakes were installed on the P-61C

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I was wondering Who is Hans Wild ? ....................did this person work on the P-61's or some one that took the photo? Interested to know as my last name is Wild too 8)


He's the TIME LIFE photographer
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That is odd about the national insignia.

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...into the smelter

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Just got the new Flypast and there's a great story about John Myers, the test pilot, and some cool pix as well. I was just reading that today so it's cool to see these pics.
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