Airplane factory disguised to look like a rural subdivision

Deadly Sushi

Formerly The Giant Mojito
How To Hide An Airplane Factory

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 trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.
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AllenOK

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Not only that, but I think the Italians actually planted grass and crops on the roof of one of their factories during WWII, and the Germans actually changed the shape of a harbor, as the Allied bombers were using the harbor to navigate.
 
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