On 9 Jan 2018 16:19:29 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <jsla5d50spna48sob525slu7k1pkbpark4@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>I seem to remember that during the war, when the B-29 production lines
>>were running at capacity, it supposedly took 5 days to assemble one
>>aircraft, from the first part until it was rolled off the line and out
>>of the hangar.
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>>I tried to locate data to confirm this, but came up craps.
>>
>>Does anyone have any definitive information about this?
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>http://www.b29-superfortress.com/b29-superfortress-production-assembly-plants.htm
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>"By mid-January 1944, 97 B-29s had been built by Wichita, but unfortunately only
>16 of these were flyable. Only the very early Wichita-built models were
>delivered in olive drab and grey camouflage paint, with the remainder being
>delivered unpainted.
>
>"During March and April 1944, the intensive effort to get the first B-29s ready
>for overseas service became known as the "Battle of Kansas." All the B-29s used
>in the first raid on Japan on the steel center at Yawata, June 15, 1944, were
>built at Wichita.
>
>"At the end of the war Boeing-Wichita was producing 4.2 Superfortresses per
>working day for an average of 100 a month, which was the military's schedule.
>The plant had also reduced the number of manhours to produce a single B-29,
>from157,000 (the average required for the first 100 bombers), to less than
>20,000.
>
>
Thanks, I did find that article, but it doesn't technically say how
long it takes to assemble one aircraft from start to finish.
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