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p r e p a r i n g f o r w a r b e f o r e p e a r l h a r b o r 291 291 Aeroproducts Division of General Motors, 46 African American women workers, 234, 241 African American workers, 238–40: discrimination of, 233, 234; and “hate strikes,” 234; jobs, 233; numbers of, 233, 234 aircraft: Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter, 73, 266; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 49, 51, 71, 72, 239, 262; Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 58, 63, 64, 73, 81, 83, 85, 248, 250, 251, 263, 266, 270; CG-13A glider, 113; CG-4A glider, 112; Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 9, 53, 56, 85, 91, 97, 101, 109, 273; Consolidated B-24 Liberator, last one assembled at the Ford Willow Run bomber plant, 110; CurtissWright Helldiver dive bomber, 235, 264; Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber, 115; Grumman Wildcat fighter, 115; Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter, 12; Martin B-26 Marauder, 6, 8, 73, 75, 77, 264, 266, 269; North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell, 246; Sikorsky Model R-6 helicopter, 116 aircraft and aircraft component contracts, as a share of automakers’ war work, 69 aircraft engine production record: Allison Division, General Motors, 46; Buick Motor Division, General Motors, 53; Chevrolet Division, General Motors, 56; Dodge-Chicago plant, 63; Ford Motor Company production, 49; Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, 56; Packard Motor Car Company, 46; Studebaker Corporation, 51 aircraft engines: Allison V-1710 liquidcooled engine, 46; Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 78; mechanic training schools, 55; Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp, 51, 53, 55, 56; Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, 49, 53, 56; Pratt & Whitney testing protocol, 53; Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, 45, 46, 257, 271; testing, 47, 49, 51, 53; testing, Wright Aeronautical testing protocol, 59; Wright R-1820 Cyclone, 49; Wright R-3350 Cyclone, 58, 63 Aircraft production record: aircraft and auto industry combined, 69; Eastern Aircraft Division, General Motors, 115; Ford Motor Company, Iron Mountain, Michigan, glider plant, 112, 113; Ford Willow Run Bomber plant, 110; Nash-Kelvinator Corporation helicopter plant, Detroit, 116 index 291 292 c h a p t e r 1 American Bantam Car Company: Bantam Reconnaissance Car (BRC), 157; contracts to build jeeps, 157; developed the first jeep, 157 amphibious jeep. See “Seep” Anderson, John W., 22 anti-aircraft guns: 37-mm anti-aircraft, 6; 4.7-inch guns built by the Fisher Body Division, General Motors, 208. See also Bofors 40-mm anti-aircraft gun; Oerlikon 20-mm anti-aircraft gun Army-Navy “E” Award, 53, 282, 284, 285; Chevrolet Gear and Axle plant, Detroit, 284; Chrysler Tank Arsenal, 284; Nash-Kelvinator plant, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 285 artillery shells, 155-mm: Fisher Body Division, General Motors, 214–17 artillery shells and mortars: General Motors Corporation production record, 214 automobile industry: conversion to war production, 22-29; dealers converting to war production, 29 Automobile Manufacturers' Association, 2, 21 Automotive Committee for Air Defense (ADAD), 2, 6; display of aircraft components in Detroit, 2, 6, 8, 9 Automotive Council for War Production (ACWP): established, 19, 21; meetings in Detroit in 1942, 22 Barit, A. E., 77, 206 “Battle of Britain,” 1, 3 Battle of the Bulge, 161 Black, Robert F., 289 “Blitz buggy.” See Ford pilot model jeep Bofors 40-mm anti–aircraft gun, 199–205; in use in New Guinea, 203; in use near Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean, 205; production record by Chrysler Corporation, 197, 201; purchases by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department, 201; redesign by the Chrysler Corporation, 199; U.S. Navy contract awarded to Chrysler Corporation, 199 Bofors 40-mm anti-aircraft gun carriage, 33 Book Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, 22 Briggs Manufacturing Company, 78; maker of aircraft components, 71 Browning .30-caliber machine gun: assembled by the Saginaw Steering Division, General Motors, 210 Buick assembly plant, Flint, Michigan, 24 Buick body plant, Flint, Michigan, 27 Buick Motor Division, General Motors, 51; M18 (Hellcat) tank destroyer built at plant in Flint, Michigan, 144; manufacturer of M18 (Hellcat) tank destroyers, 120 Cadillac Motor Division of General Motors, 143 Camp Holabird, Maryland, 157 cannon production record: by Oldsmobile Division, General Motors, 197 Casablanca, French Morocco, 12 Chevrolet Division, General Motors: truck models built, 168 Chevrolet factory, Flint, Michigan, 25 Chicago Automobile Show: 1941 show, 6 Chinese workers at Hudson Motor Car Company Detroit plant, 235 Chrysler Corporation, 22, 64, 85; Airtemp Division, 59 Chrysler Tank Arsenal, 4, 121–34, 136–41; construction, 122, 124; Family Day, 1944, 134; groundbreaking, September 1940...

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