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Library of Congress. Via The Atlantic.
Inglewood (118.493W
34.013N) is a city
in southern California, incorporated 1908. The town was was the center
of an agricultural district until the time of the Pacific War, when the
rapid expansion of the aircraft plants located here led to the rapid industrialization of the area. The factories
were served by Northrop Field (118.34W
33.92N).
Northrop-Hawthorne. The production schedule of this aircraft plant was as follows:
| Aircraft Type | 1940 |
1941 |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-35 Vengeance |
291 |
109 |
||||
| P-61
Black Widow | 34 |
449 | 199 |
North American-Inglewood. The production schedule of this aircraft plant was as follows:
| Aircraft Type | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT-6 |
631 |
1524 |
8 |
|||
| P-51 Mustang
| 138 | 634 | 3145 |
5033 |
3277 |
|
| B-25 Mitchell | 171 | 1119 | 1253 |
665 |
||
| A-36 |
142 |
358 |
References
Army Air Forces Statistical Digest (accessed 2013-8-31)
Official Web Site (accessed 2013-8-31)
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