Lockheed Aircraft Plant, Burbank, World War II

Lockheed Aircraft Plant, Burbank, World War IIDuring WWII, the Army Corps of Engineers hid the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from possible Japanese air attack by covering the whole thing with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air. A few blocks away, someone pointed out to Jack Warner that, from the air, a Japanese bomber might not be able to tell the difference between Lockheed and his studio. So he ordered the print shop to erect an enormous sign on the roof of one of the Warner soundstages. The result? A twenty-foot arrow pointing to Burbank, along with the words: LOCKHEED – THAT-A-WAY!

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