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Show 21 Station Has Maintenance Line in P-4- 7 Employes Overhaul AirplaiJ Sent Here; Flans Made To Start Second Repair Line Watch the Planes Go By nA waTCOUnted for. thp T.Ai next turn to the ing is the first VocesMnS fighters, these sturdy , weary . wMoh .... have more than earned w. . .mauii: ino and solvent. dqix. soap, the title, .". An ; Initial shako-dow- n ,t 7 line inspection station come to the OATSC immpHiau- the cleaning. Conducted from England, from France, lows ana sheet autJianc uuycciurs . . of livrMMtnrs it onnnVtn rom the remote regions iT v.j""OM VI an Battle-scarre- d ra - tTm "Thunaer 1 ; P-4- 0V he South Pacific. termining just what work! tale does not end be performed d vior-and in disw,.. onlv beeins as approximately discrepancies which may hin2 200 employes on the line engage Record of these deficiencies fight for the fighter, in a real drama with en immediately drawn up on a woi enact a work-tim- e sheet. gines, sheet metal, supercnargers . Ushered a then to the first and, at tne iinisn, uispiuy 7 as trim and sturdy as it was when numbered stations, the pW o ht thir . P-4- it first began to aoage naK or pour bullets into the enemy. To produce a piane as neanjr new as possible, this is the goal of the Hill Field line, says 7 line project Lewis Klein, foreman from Tacoma, Wash. And everything along the line attunes " ' ; itself to this purpose. The line itself is a comparatively recent addition to maintenance activities. Instituted some time in the enterprisJanuary it became successor - of ' old "piece by ing and four where "Thunderbolts" are taken through a daily piece" methods of repair, and fN the disissembl?, cieanfng and three Planes begin their workout at station zero, pictured here, adopted hangars three and four repair. oozenrf uu and intermediate area vacated by and continue tnrougn we une tv line when it was dis the 4 submits to the exacting work! sheet- metal repair and esstm Stations one to three, inclusii are engaged in sheet metal repa? stations four to 21 with install. . - P-4- . B-2- continued. ...:. Speeds Up Operations Still in its infancy, however, - - - has already stepped up operations to maximum efficiency and speed. Last Friday was a day for three new stations were added to the 18 already in existence, thus making the dream of double production an actuality. Planes now move along the line every eight hours instead of the formerly scheduled every 16. And already plans are in progress to inaugurate an additional fell 7 line, complete with all deo tails, which will greatly increase Hill Field's capacity for repair. Assistants to Mr. Klein are Ray Walker of Denver, Rell Rieves of Ogden, and Lewis Westenskow who install miscellaneous Kitsequii from Manti. an Major overhaul is the business ment- such as first - aid . of the line as distinguished from maps, Rut nn more action lies in A minor repair. No scanty surveys the plane at this point i for nor superficial treatments at are home here. From the - time the final gesture, proaucuon romipsta a Dilot to It plane first limps on the line until cwfinn scheduled destination- -t. to a it is ready to make another Odyssey it it is most urgem half way around the world, it is place where needed. a workout.. given thorough All however, do noi Not All Planes War Vets in new life line, says Hi All planes brought to the line, health on the 7 however, are not war weary air Klein, for discrimination b i craft. Almost half of them come staunch ally of repair in uu from the Second Air Force within ness. If after careful deliberatetffi the continental limits of the United foremen and chiefs decide a ventiffl will be too costlysanction In a recent meeting with the States. These are the planes which repair uthe with exhausted have themselves fairly king and queen of England, Brig. in service, the veterans of hundreds decide to recto authority, Gen. Morris Berman, former com of flying hours as desperately in higher narts ana till ncohlo iv.it: o Ljiaiic Mi,wv disof of need and as overhaul OATSC, manding general scrap it. repair d their sisters. Profitable? cussed with them the many First-han- d knowledge of the ! oil v,a nnpstion resol' aii weddings (30,000) that daily dozen may be gained into this, will repair ultima have taken place since the Yanks by surveying its progress through enure profitable to the "invaded' 'the British Isles. the station network which com prove 1 hey; 7 the If not, effort? The meeting took place in an prises the line. do and iigns Brought from a storage area or of strafing English town near one of the air definitely over. such as vj service' depots which Gen. Ber- restricted area, as the case may beObsolete aircraft ze, it first stops at station zero man commands, during an models are never ri tour by the British roy- Here as an initial step, all com "B and C" ponent parts of the plane are re P3Human interest on the toej alty. In answer to the queen's query moved, buperchargers, engines, seldom absent when a 'gWjJ in. tarings, fuel cells, etc. regarding the happiness of Amer- cowlings, After disassembly, the parts re a past is brought be ArsoMj icans under his command, Gen. wj might they planes moved are cleaned and disoatched Berman replied, "Yes, your majesn wings ana their to various maintenance shops for ty, our boys are happy and very " "vJMl bearing g,u they proud to be associated with you. repair and overhaul. They may fuselages A good many of them are taking find themselves in wing surface to the aerial exploits some of your English girls home repair, tubing, wire and cable, aa uieir wives. hydraulic repair, electrical repair, the line is a piane ace 'urf or, as in the case of delicate inCol. Neal Kirby, war NEW BURN OINTMENT struments, subjected to the scrutiny by compel closest Bong's "Flashburn," a new cream de- of expert craftsmen in instrument Richard with 21 enei.-jaccredited veloped by the army, safeguards repair. a 1 Ai,Ara ,ith more moa. against the hazard of burns from Cleaning Is First Process like records have frequently oazooicas and flamethrowers. With the disassembled parts ac to OATSC red-lett- er - , " 4 it At station seven supercharge are installed; at station 10, engiiy. The plane is equipped with ai at siauon xo ana receives a j job just before it goes off the at stations 20 and 21. Eight station chiefs are r ible for these functions. They Rudolph Polanshek from Sui side, Utah: Charles Swain. CI ron, Neb.; Dan Walters, WeUsviH Utah; Clarence Sorenson, August Wis.; Alfred Booker, Glenrod Wyo.; David Folkman, Thatch? Idaho; Alec Shewell, Salt Lai City; and John Warren, Montra Colo. After all the work has been coi pieted to the satisfaction of the i tne piai spection 'department, goes off tne- end or tne line ai is referred' to' flight test where and ope combination ' inspection ational check' for ' deficiencies eiven. Included here are a weigl and balance' test; an instrumei check, the ' final ' shake down, aa the actual' flight test. Referred to Checkers it at the end of this concentrate insnpetion the olane is considers a i serviceable and " 0 f " P-4- air-worm- y, - a-- JiMWh llt a nra"iiiiiirmir"n-r"'iT- S n vw m&:J ... Are out in this business of repair involving major overhaul. Melba Keiter and Bonnie Thompson Help this QUICK PICK-UP- S only process along by scrubbing tape and glue from the 7 wing, while Bertha Sainsbury cleans the wheel and Marie Jenkins, atop the plane, does some more rubbing. P-4- h"""" Gen. Berman Talks P-4- With King, Queen -, i'c 1.1 Anglo-Americ- battle-scarre- an P-4- P-4- . n "eve-of-victor- y" flak-ridde- '''' 1 . rW ... -- 'Jta . SWAN SONG . . . For this "Thunderbolt", formerly piloted by war C?,.CI.-Ne- al Kirby who was accredited with 21 enemy victories, until repairmen go to work and send it roaming the skies once more. Male Call by Milton Caniff, creator IM ( TRIM THAT EABP Once Over Slightly C? ( nAPl iiJsX TUB HAV6R0VVN THI$ WAR WpULP ANY" of'Terry and the Pirates" im $6T. BEA-VE- R $OME OF - t5AEBER 1 ' MAE ITCW A1AEINE COVER. DELUXE LJWY r-- 7 m K MASK. . c,ppru PANEKOJ IF CMGHT SUVm . H A COCKPIT CANOPYi . HiTLee mm wv. evpe 0,0 . . . I . . r,. iu. I m m m HlOir l I Hm urn m I ' INGENUITY V1 VI I Ml 'Mil 11 1 mm mm 1 |
