The WWII Relatives thread
My grandfather worked for Consolidated Vultee as well. He an architect and served as a draftsman. I know he talks about that PBY. I don't know if that was what he did for Higgins or if that was different. Later in the war he joined the Navy and his superior thought he was crazy and chided him for enlisting: "So you want to go play sailor boy!"
Grandfather I never knew worked at the Consolidated Vultee aircraft factory on that was on Lakeshore Drive near the University of New Orleans. They produced the amphibian version of the PBY patrol bomber there. To this day there is a gap in the seawall steps across from the plant site where there used to be a concrete seaplane ramp that led to the lake. They would produce the aircraft and roll them down into Lake Ponchatrain for flight testing.
Didnt fight on the front lines, but fought on the home front.
My grandfather worked for Consolidated Vultee as well. He an architect and served as a draftsman. I know he talks about that PBY. I don't know if that was what he did for Higgins or if that was different. Later in the war he joined the Navy and his superior thought he was crazy and chided him for enlisting: "So you want to go play sailor boy!"