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Flying Tigers’ P-40 Curtiss Warhawk. Cadillac WWII Ad
Flying Tigers’ P-40 Curtiss Warhawk. Cadillac WWII Ad
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Stalkers of Hidden Devilfish. Three P-40 Curtiss Warhawk of the “Flying Tigers,” a daring crew of WW2 fighter pilots under General Claire Chennault searching for enemy submarines.
WWII Cadillac ad.
Life Magazine, February 14, 1944.
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World War II Cadillac advertisements are among the most iconic of thousands published in the USA.
On January 16, 1942, 39 days after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, with an executive order, created the War Production Board (WPB) to convert peacetime industrial production to meet the needs of the war, along with setting priorities and prohibiting the manufacture of non-essential goods.
Only 55 days after automobile production ended, Cadillac delivered the first tank. Just 17 days later, the second was shipped. Production was beginning to roll and soon to become a flood.
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World War II Cadillac advertisements are among the most iconic of thousands published in the USA.
On January 16, 1942, 39 days after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, with an executive order, created the War Production Board (WPB) to convert peacetime industrial production to meet the needs of the war, along with setting priorities and prohibiting the manufacture of non-essential goods.
Only 55 days after automobile production ended, Cadillac delivered the first tank. Just 17 days later, the second was shipped. Production was beginning to roll and soon to become a flood.
