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Lockheed after the war

I recently dug these out of storage. My grandfather was an engineer with Lockheed from 1939 to 1950 or ’51 and he had some great pictures of the factory. This is one of them and I love the assortment of aircraft all over the place.

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By: slipperysam - 31st March 2025 at 15:11

There is an aweful lot of Mustangs parked there… ANG aircraft??

And a white (?) civvy painted F4U Corsair???

Incredible amount of aircraft parked there..

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By: D1566 - 31st March 2025 at 15:11

Fascinating – lots of non-Lockheed products there.

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By: RPSmith - 31st March 2025 at 15:11

What a great picture – thanks for showing it.

Roger Smith.

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By: Bager1968 - 31st March 2025 at 15:06

While the Lockheed plant was at Burbank airport then, there was more at the airport than just Lockheed… and I suspect those shots are of some of that “more”, as well as Lockheed.

After all, 3 PV2 Neptunes in one place at that time indicates they just came off the assembly line, as might the Connies, but the P-51s indicate a USAF, USAFR, or ANG outfit.

That Corsair looks awfully like a racing ship, and the lack of F-80/T-33/F-94 jet fighters indicates it isn’t Lockheed’s flightline.

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