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Below is information on the number of
automatic controllable pitch propellers built |
| Company |
Location |
Propellers Built |
USAAF Code |
Remarks |
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Aeroproducts
Div. of GM |
Vandalia, OH |
20,773 |
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This facility still exists at present but is
scheduled to be torn down in the near future. It is located east
of the Dayton airport as part of the current Delphi facility. The
plant was originally constructed in 1940 to produce hollow blade
propellers, which had been invented by ? and ? in Dayton, OH.
However, the process involved extensive forging and welding, of which GM
had ample experience. General Motors bought the technology and
built the plant in Vandalia to manufacture the hollow blade propellers.
After WWII Aeroproducts became a division of Allison Division of GM and
continued to produce propellers until 1961. The building was then
occupied by the Inland Division of GM which later turned into the
Chassis Division of Delphi. |
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Canadian
Propellers Ltd. |
Longueuil,
Quebec |
12,497 |
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Curtiss
Electric |
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144,863 |
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Frigidaire Div
of GM |
Dayton, OH |
76,626 |
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Frigidaire Division of General Motors was
responsible for the production of the B-29 propeller. |
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Hamilton Standard |
Detroit, MI |
233,021 |
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Nash-Kelvinator |
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158,134 |
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