Warbird Factory: North American Aviation in World War II

Explore the WWII history of the company that later became Boeing and made more aircraft from 1938 to 1944 than any other company in the United States.

During World War II, Los Angeles was the ultimate boom town. By the end of the war, the L.A. area had produced 17 percent of all of America's war needs. North American Aviation, Inc. (NAA), operating out of their main Inglewood, California, plant, which is south of and adjacent to the city, was a key player in that work.

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