Springville Herald | 1945-02-01 | Page 2 | B-29 Power Comes from Superfactory

B-29 Power Comes From Superfactory . ...... . . :KKt Oiiiii.:::j:v.iiii .v.liw r.m, .. Two huge Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, great new stratosphere bombers featuring some of the most outstanding out-standing and daring aerodynamic developments of the war, are seen flying in formation with a Boeing Flying Fortress, (upper left) the B-17G. Half again as large as the Fortress, and with the speed of a pursuit plane, the four-eneined B-29 still continues to draw Japan's blood. v?,.,. -t??! I Ir...... j-.J Part of a nationwide synchronization ot America's industrial forces to produce this great plane is the world's largest factory, Dodge Chicago Plant, Division of Chrysler Corporation, exclusively devoted to mass production (above) of 2200 h.p. 'Wright Cyclone engines io power the Superfortress. --This superfactory includes enormous forging plants. Skilled Dodge Chicago workers (left), working with this 35,000 , pound steam hammer, forge a red hot steel billet into a crank case center for the B-29 engine in two operations.