Monday, August 27, 2007

Hiding an Airplane Factory

Some great old WW2 shots of the Lockheed Aircraft Plant in Burbank.

From Think or Thwim:

During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.


Before:



After: