How to hide an airplane factory
It was World War II and the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. Using a very low tech method they covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.
(This is how the factory looked before, Pictures continue after the jump)
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WE LIVED THROUGH THAT WAR, AND EVEN YHAD AN UNCLE THAT WORKED THERE, BUT HE NEVER TOLD US ABOUT IT BEING HIDDEN. MAYBE HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. IT IS VERY INTERESTING. FAY