During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack.

They covered it with camouflage netting and to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.

The first photo is “Before” the other photos are the “After” shots







Marko R.
Marko R.
Marko's passion for aviation takes flight both in the air and through the viewfinder. As a flyer and photographer, he brings a unique blend of aviation expertise and visual storytelling to explore the fascinating and often surprising aspects of flight and aviation in general.
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Tex
Tex
13 years ago

What is humorous about this?

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Another Tex
Another Tex
13 years ago

Nothing…but pretty cool nevertheless

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Robert
Robert
12 years ago

Seattle Boeing Field did the same thing. http://www.taphilo.com/history/WWII/USAAF/Boeing/index.shtml

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leonpmu
leonpmu
12 years ago

That’s pure genius! I think I also saw on History channel or Discovery how the or English hired an illusionist to help hide a specific shoreline so that the German airforces would be confused at night to their actual location for the bombing raids..

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