Boeing had been expecting the proposal,Īnd had been working on several conceptual bomber Long range four engine bomber with a range of 5,333 miles with the speedĪnd bomb load of a B-17.
Army Material Command at Wright Field in Dayton, OH. Long range bomber started with the Februreceipt of Systems to the major fuselage and wing components, and engines.īoeing's initial work on the concept of a Industry supplied everything from bearings for the remote control gun Was immense yet has been unheralded and forgotten. The US Auto Industry's involvement in the B-29 Suppliers known to have participated in the building of the most complex Below are the automobile companies and their Industry was instrumental in supplying airframe components and enginesįor the B-29. More expensive than the Manhattan Project. The B-29 project was the largest and mostĮxpensive project undertaken during World War Two. Boes Company Westfield Manufacturing Company York-Hoover Body CompanyĪnd the US Auto Industry in World War Two LeTourneau Shakespeare Company Simplex Manufacturing Company St. Hall-Scott Harley-Davidson Harris-Seybold-Potter Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Higgins Industries Highway Trailer Hill Diesel Company Huffman Manufacturing Indian Motorcycle Ingersoll Steel and Disk John Deere Kimberly-Clark Kohler Company Landers, Frary & Clark Lima Locomotive Works Lundberg Screw Products Massey-Harris Matthews Company Motor Products Corporation Motor Wheel Corporation Novo Engine Company Otis Elevator Owens Yacht Pressed Steel Car Company R.G. Firestone Tire and RubberĬompany Fruehauf Trailer Company Fuller Manufacturing Galvin Manufacturing Gemmer Manufacturing Company Gibson Guitar Gibson Refrigerator Company Goodyear
Goodrich Baldwin Locomotive Works Boyertown Auto Body Works Briggs & Stratton Caterpillar Centrifugal Fusing Chris-Craft Clark Equipment Company Cleveland Tractor Company Continental Motors Cushman Motor Works Crocker-Wheeler Dail Steel Products Detrola Farrand Optical Company Federal Telephone and Radio Corp. Other World War Two Manufacturers: Abrams InstrumentĬorporation Air King Products Allis-Chalmers American Car and Foundry American Locomotive Annapolis Yacht Yard B.F. International Harvester John Bean Mack Truck Marmon-Herrington Company Oshkosh Motor Truck Corporation Pacific Car andįoundry Reo Motor Car Company Seagrave Fire Apparatus Sterling Motor Truck Company Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation White Motor Company Adams Company Magnavox Muncie Gear Works Pierce Governor Company Ross Gear and Tool Company Sherrill Research Corporation Tokheim Oil Tank and Pump Company Warner Gear Wayne Pump Company Wayne WorksĬommercial Truck and Fire Apparatus Manufacturers:Īmerican LaFrance Autocar Biederman MotorsĬorporation Brockway Motor Company Detroit General Diamond T Duplex Truck Company Federal Motor Truck Rochester Products United Motors Service Vauxhall MotorsĬompany Delta Electric Company Durham Manufacturing Company Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation Howe Fire Apparatus J.D.
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Auto Industry Army-Navy "E"Ĭomplete listing of All Army-Navy "E" Award Winners Sherman Tanks of the American Autoĭestroyers of the American Auto Industry M26 Pershing Tanks of the American Auto Industry M36 Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Overview Lansing Michigan in World War Two The U.S.Īuto Industry at the Normandy Invasion, JThe U.S. B-29 and the US auto industry in World War TwoĪn American Auto Industry Heritage Tribute by David D