Rare Photos Reveal a Fake Rooftop Town Built to Hide Boeing’s …
Jul 15, 2024 · The National Air and Space Museum’s Boeing 367-80 and the museum’s Boeing 307 were restored in the facility in 1990-2002. An aerial view of the camouflage on top of …
Boeing Built An Artificial Town On Top Of Its Rooftop In WW2
Feb 15, 2020 · Between 1944 and 1946, a seemingly tranquil neighborhood could be seen from the skies over King County, Washington. However, this town was actually built on top of …
Boeing made an entire fake neighborhood to hide its bombers …
Jun 9, 2016 · During World War II, a strange, house-filled neighborhood could be seen in the middle of an industrial area from the air. A close-up look would reveal that it was camouflage …
17 Rare Pics Reveal A Fake Rooftop Town Built To Hide Boeing’s …
Mar 13, 2018 · John Stewart Detlie was the Hollywood set designer who helped to hide the Boeing Plant No. 2. Using the same techniques as in movie towns, fake streets, sidewalks, …
Prop Town: The Fake Rooftop Suburb that Hid a Whole WWII …
Nov 3, 2017 · Some factories put up camouflage netting to disguise structures, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took things a big step further on top of the Boeing Plant 2 in Seattle, …
This aircraft factory was disguised as a suburban neighborhood in …
Mar 14, 2023 · Actors helped sell the fake town on the factory roof (Boeing) Such a large and important facility had to be protected in the event of a Japanese air attack. To accomplish this, …
Boeing Wonderland: The Fake Cities on America’s West Coast
Through Boeing Wonderland's clever visual trickery, vital West Coast warplane plants were made invisible to prying enemy aerial eyes.
Synthetic Street USA: America’s Fake Rooftops And Towns of
Jun 11, 2015 · It was a fake, part of the camoflage that covered the B17 Bomber factory in Seattle Washington in 1941. Beneath the trees, picnicing couples, gardens and gates, 7,000 Boeing B …
During WWII a Fake Rooftop Town was Built to hide Boeing’s
In 1944, fearing that their vital aircraft production facilities might become targets, Boeing camouflaged its factory by constructing a fake rooftop town. This feat of wartime ingenuity was …
US military built an entire fake town to hide airplane factory from ...
During World War II the US military teamed up with Hollywood set designers to disguise important wartime factories to fool enemy aircraft. [Image via taphilo.com/Boeing] This particular “town” …
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