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Manufacturer for manufacturer, factory for factory, worker for worker, America outproduced its
enemies. By 1944, each American worker produced more than twice his/her German
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counterpart, and four times the output of a Japanese worker. The profit motive proved to be a
greater spur to production than were the edicts from the generals running the totalitarian
societies[citation needed]. As Donald Douglas[4] observed, "Here's proof that free men can out-
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aircraft for the Army Air Corps. At the time the Corps had approximately 1,700 aircraft in total.
Congress responded and authorized the procurement of 3,251 aircraft.
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The American aircraft industry was given impetus at the early part of the war by the demand
from the British and French for aircraft to supplement their own domestic production. The 1939
Neutrality Act permitted belligerents to acquire armaments from US manufacturers provided
they paid in cash and used their own transportation. The British Purchasing Commission had
been set up prior to the war to arrange purchase of aircraft and the British and French dealt
directly with manufacturers paying from their financial reserves. After France fell to Germany,
many of the orders for aircraft were taken over by the British. By 1940, the British had ordered
$1,200,000,000 worth of aircraft.[5] This led to some aircraft, such as the P-51 Mustang, being
produced to meet European requirements and then being adopted by the US. In their need for
aircraft the Anglo-French commission also ordered designs from manufacturers that had failed
to win US Army contracts - e.g. the Martin Model 167.
The American aircraft industry was able to adapt to the demands of war. In 1939 contracts
assumed single-shift production, but as the number of trained workers increased, the factories
moved to first two- and then a three-shift schedules. The government aided development of
capacity and skills by placing "Educational orders" with manufacturers, and new government-
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Total production
Type of aircraft
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Total
Grand total
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Combat aircraft
200,443 1,771
3,740
8,395
91
1,147
2,498
Heavy bomber
31,685
46
282
2,513
9,574 15,057
4,213
Medium bomber
21,461
52
762
4,040
7,256
6,732
2,619
Light bomber
39,986
453
2,617
6,738
Fighter
99,465
1,157
Reconnaissance
Support aircraft
4,106
63
711
7,991
Transport
23,900
164
Trainer
58,085
1,676
Communication
13,531
698
525
1,437
6,913
9,925
4,486
7,936
1,352
3,845
2,153
252
1,887
793
3,114
4,167
JulyDecember JanuaryAugust
Total
Army Air
Forces
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US Navy-US Other
Marines
U.S.
British
Soviet
Other
Empire
Union
nations
295,959
158,880
73,711
3,714
38,811
14,717
6,126
99,487
56,695
27,152
13,929
3,172
Very heavy
bombers
Heavy bombers
Medium
bombers
Light bombers
3,740
3,740
31,685
27,867
1,683
21,461
11,835
4,693
39,986
7,779
20,703
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2,135
3,247
1,010
638
8,003
3,021
480
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Fighters
99,465
47,050
27,163
13,417
9,868
1,967
4,106
1,216
2,453
350
30
57
95,516
59,939
17,016
3,706
11,659
788
2,954
Transports
23,900
15,769
2,702
267
3,789
703
670
Trainers
58,085
34,469
13,859
7,640
85
2,029
Communications 13,531
9,155
3,436
230
Reconnaissance
Support
aircraft
Analysis
455
255
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William S. Knudsen, an automotive industry executive who was made Chairman of the Office of
Production Management and member of the National Defense Advisory Commission by the
Roosevelt administration to organize war production, said "We won because we smothered the
enemy in an avalanche of production, the like of which he had never seen, nor dreamed
possible."[2]:5
See also
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References
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1. ^ Herman, Arthur (2012). Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World
War II. New York, NY: Random House. pp.2023. ISBN978-1-4000-6964-4.
2. ^ a b c d Parker, Dana T. (2013). Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area
in World War II. Cypress, CA. ISBN978-0-9897906-0-4.
3. ^ Borth, Christy (1945). Masters of Mass Production. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co. p.237.
4. ^ President of Douglas Aircraft Company
5. ^ Engel, Leonard (5 December 1940), "Half Of Everything: An American's Survey of Orders
Placed in the United States"
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AAF Digest Table 79 Army Air Forces Statistical Digest, World War II
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