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Re: plant conversions during ww2
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Posted by mjbrown on November 26, 2006 at 16:46:43 from (64.179.15.204):
In Reply to: Re: plant conversions during ww2 posted by Gene Dotson on November 26, 2006 at 16:11:20:
I think I read somewhere that JD made landing gear for Republic P47 Thunderbolts. My FIL told me that to buy any farm machinery during the war a farmer had to apply to some official who would determine how badly you needed a drag lets say and if he determined you couldn't put in a crop without a new one he would give his approval so you could order one. All farm equipment was hard to get during the war and after it was over there was a big backlog of demand that the machinery manufacturers couldn't meet for number of years.
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