Friday, June 06, 2008

Lockheedian Christo

I have never seen these pictures or knew that we had gone this far to protect industrial and defense operations. During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant from Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.

Below is Lockheed before the camouflage was created:

Lockheed before the camouflage

And below are some amazing images after it was hidden away:

Lockheed after being camouflaged





1 comment:

  1. Anonymous1:04 PM

    wow--where did you find these photos?

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