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Taken on V-J Day, August 15, 1945, this aerial photograph shows the Boeing Plant in Wichita, Kansas. The Plant II facilities in the lower left corner, produced 1,644 B-29 Superfortresses. Plant I in the upper right corner, turned out 10,346 Kaydet primary trainers. Planeview and Hilltop Manor can be seen beyond Plant I. These two housing developments constructed to house defense workers
Date: 1945
Item Number: 825
Call Number: FK2.S3 W.3 Ma.Boe *5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 825
Built Environment - Function - Industry/Processing/Extraction - Manufacturing Facility
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s - 1945
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Aerial
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Boeing
Type of Material - Photographs - Views - Aerial
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