Doc is one of 1,644 manufactured in Wichita during World War II. Fifi was built in Renton, WA. Enola Gay was built at the Nebraska plant. Man, the power of our industrial might during that war is staggering.
Agreed. I am related through several “layers” to the Willow Run facility in MI. My grandfather (WWII), father (Korea) and past employer have real history in SE-MI manufacturing extending into the automotive industry, post 1945.
I also was employed (for a time and long after the war) by the same factory that produced the Mg-Al engine block that flew out of W.R. in WWII. They (our workers) embraced their history. They are now gone and shuttered; Bohn Brass & Metalworks.
Although I was born in 1958, I enjoy maintaining the history of SE-MI in my family.