Geoffrey Sinclair
2021-10-09 12:38:10 UTC
What does an aircraft cost has the answer it depends. The following is a
collection of figures and show plenty of variation. Things like whether
spare parts are included, if a company is making more than one product how
things like head office costs are allocated, whether depreciation of the
building etc. is included.
In April 1938 the British calculated the total cost of ownership of a naval
aircraft, that is purchase, running and modernisation cost, as 11,500 pounds
per year, which meant it was about 6 aircraft to the destroyer.
Australian Archives MP450/1 109 Detailed break down of Beaufort costs, per
aircraft in Australian pounds.
Tooling 1,895, preliminary expenses 532, Improvements and extensions to
properties 893 (Railways 554, Holden 186, other contractors 10, stores,
flight field and plants 143), Plant, machinery and equipment 1,136, office
furniture 168, which gives a total of 4,623 of establishment costs per
aircraft.
Newport Workshop 1,477 (Labor 622, overhead 693, sub contract 162), Chullora
Workshop 2,019 (Labor 734, overhead 1,155, sub contract 130), Islington
Workshop 1,342 (Labor 516, overhead 745, sub contract 81),
Assembly Workshops Mascot/Fishermans Bend 2,510 (Labor 1,038, overhead
1,472), Holden production cost per aircraft set 2,321, Richards Industries
production cost per aircraft set 292, freight 350, central office overhead
3,224, Materials (including sub contractors' costs other than Holden or
Richards Industries) Holden 821 (746 plus 75 for ten percent allowance),
Richards Industries 44 (40 plus 4 for ten percent allowance), Newport (795
plus 79 for ten percent allowance), Chullora (2,780 plus 278 for ten percent
allowance), Islington 1,407 (1,279 plus 128 for ten percent allowance),
Assembly (4,446 plus 445 for ten percent allowance). Appendix A equipment
including gun turret 2,627 (Which gives the airframe cost as 27,257),
Engines and Propellers (Overseas costs, Wasp engines and Curtiss propellers)
12,546 (Which gives total aircraft cost of 39,803). So 39,803 plus 4,623
gives total costs per completed aircraft as 44,426 pounds. The above
excluding license fees.
Firstly some US data. Ford Willow run used more tooling and so less man
hours but costs about the same, for a variety of reasons including the
frequent design changes.
Aircraft Unit costs, US Archives RG18 E 10 B 68, CF Contractor Furnished,
GFE Government Furnished Equipment
Date / Model / Airframe / Engines(s) / Propeller(s) / GFE / Ordnance /
Communications / Total / Notes
28-Feb-43 / B-29 / $362,347 / $101,685 / $10,328 / $125,341 /
$4,836 / $34,738 / $639,275 / Costs based on weighted average of
uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-32 / $522,613 / $101,685 / $23,310 / $68,947 / $3,247
/ $34,150 / $753,952 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-17 / $111,443 / $34,287 / $3,400 / $45,606 / $4,595
/ $9,040 / $208,371 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-24 / $115,338 / $32,659 / $4,220 / $49,781 / $3,205
/ $8,474 / $213,677 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-25 / $59,358 / $29,131 / $3,071 / $19,805 / $4,147 /
$8,337 / $123,849 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-26 / $106,677 / $43,171 / $14,110 / $21,647 / $3,547
/ $7,749 / $196,901 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-34 / $108,558 / $44,000 / $5,000 / $29,449 / CF /
$1,250 / $188,257 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-20 / $44,366 / $30,795 / $4,428 / $18,364 / $2,345 /
$3,813 / $104,111 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-26 / $106,807 / $33,466 / $3,700 / $29,277 / $14,067
/ $3,948 / $191,265 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / A-28 / $93,725 / $19,634 / $5,000 / $9,038 / $- /
$250 / $127,647 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-29 / $91,688 / $23,000 / $5,000 / $9,038 / $2,093 /
$250 / $131,069 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-30 / $103,962 / $29,104 / $4,668 / $3,712 / $2,737 /
$6,777 / $150,960 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-24 / $33,172 / $9,103 / $1,739 / $1,997 / $1,640 /
$4,800 / $52,451 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-25 / $67,492 / $13,559 / $3,988 / $1,997 / $2,240 /
$3,500 / $92,776 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-31 / $67,230 / $13,859 / $2,330 / $1,863 / $1,978 /
$250 / $87,510 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-35 / $36,874 / $13,351 / $2,353 / $3,026 / $2,270 /
$3,911 / $61,785 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-36 (P-51) / $36,706 / $12,000 / $3,680 / $2,670 /
$2,632 / $2,516 / $60,204 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-38 / $74,536 / $18,866 / $5,270 / $5,293 / $2,405 /
$3,631 / $110,001 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-59 / $157,295 / $75,000 / $- / $2,001 / $4,034 /
$2,864 / $241,194 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-61 / $154,899 / $44,714 / $6,352 / $14,507 / $4,684
/ $19,758 / $244,914 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-70 / $79,865 / $29,372 / $5,186 / $24,052 / $1,341 /
$3,260 / $143,076 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-82 / $86,540 / $36,000 / $7,471 / $3,967 / $1,870 /
$1,545 / $137,393 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-39 / $24,866 / $12,545 / $3,256 / $2,673 / $4,712 /
$2,633 / $50,685 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-40 / $26,709 / $7,714 / $2,635 / $2,068 / $2,646 /
$2,904 / $44,676 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-43 / $54,907 / $12,635 / $4,500 / $5,231 / $2,490 /
$3,160 / $82,923 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-47 / $47,796 / $22,608 / $5,975 / $5,651 / $2,527 /
$3,295 / $87,852 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-51 / $23,583 / $17,558 / $3,740 / $2,649 / $1,905 /
$2,780 / $52,215 / Merlin Versions. Costs based on weighted average of
uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-63 / $28,049 / $13,183 / $3,540 / $3,693 / $4,296 /
$2,640 / $55,401 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-66 / $70,503 / $17,509 / CF / CF / No info. /
$3,160 / $91,172 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-75 / $82,863 / $31,420 / $9,083 / $2,788 / $4,366 /
$3,688 / $134,208 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-80 / $75,913 / $30,000 / $- / $2,944 / $1,897 /
$2,317 / $113,071 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / F-3 (A-20) / $103,627 / $29,372 / $5,186 / $20,207 /
$1,341 / $3,260 / $162,993 / Costs based on weighted average of
uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / F-11 / $447,770 / $110,000 / $25,000 / $10,647 / $15 /
$10,500 / $603,932 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / OA-10 (PBY) / $216,250 / CF / CF / $559 / $- / CF /
$216,809 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / OA-11 / $175,000 / CF / CF / CF / $- / $- /
$175,000 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / OA-12 (J2F) / $69,000 / CF / CF / CF / $- / $- /
$69,000 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / TO-50 / $48,431 / CF / $250 / $919 / $26 / $1,200 /
$50,826 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / O-52 / $24,558 / $6,000 / $1,575 / $4,780 / $697 /
$4,930 / $42,540 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-54 / $243,277 / $50,186 / $5,200 / $10,888 / $113 /
$7,995 / $317,659 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-69 / $488,477 / $95,643 / $6,360 / $10,788 / $15 /
$7,067 / $608,350 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-74 / $949,485 / $220,000 / $12,200 / $19,698 / $15 /
$6,761 / $1,208,159 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-87 / $161,800 / $35,933 / $9,840 / $21,111 / $484 /
$6,935 / $236,103 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-45 / $34,963 / $8,917 / $1,892 / $4,027 / No info. /
$3,670 / $53,469 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-46 / $174,660 / $28,080 / $9,630 / $8,600 / $13 /
$9,277 / $230,260 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-47 / $49,719 / $13,650 / $2,640 / $8,029 / $14 /
$14,575 / $88,627 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-48 / $91,000 / $30,000 / $4,594 / $413 / $30 /
$8,460 / $134,497 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-49 / $136,997 / CF / CF / $1,844 / $15 / $8,811 /
$147,667 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-50 / $95,381 / $19,104 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $127,653 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-51 / $100,689 / $18,324 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $132,181 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-52 / $105,973 / $24,780 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $143,921 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-53 / $142,231 / CF / CF / $1,844 / $15 / $6,380 /
$150,470 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-55 / $353,707 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$361,556 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-56 / $108,797 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / No info. /
$108,797 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-57 / $112,377 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / No info. /
$112,377 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-59 / $92,833 / $17,000 / CF / CF / $- / $250 /
$110,083 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-60 / $79,644 / $18,057 / $4,472 / $4,038 / $15 /
$6,942 / $113,168 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-68 / $139,966 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$147,815 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-76 / $137,125 / $14,690 / $5,950 / $9,280 / $15 /
$7,100 / $174,160 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-78 / $16,873 / $5,852 / $1,988 / $2,657 / $15 /
$6,348 / $33,733 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-82 / $427,244 / $36,000 / $3,880 / $8,592 / $15 /
$6,415 / $482,146 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-43 / $18,732 / $5,074 / $1,104 / $1,162 / $- /
$1,260 / $27,332 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-61 / $9,464 / $4,093 / CF / $207 / $- / $2,209 /
$15,973 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-64 / $24,839 / $5,869 / $855 / $2,134 / $10 /
$1,544 / $35,251 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / AT-7 / $41,719 / $14,519 / $2,050 / $8,250 / $- /
$3,671 / $70,209 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-8 / $25,646 / $7,438 / $1,932 / $5,455 / $- /
$1,230 / $41,701 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-9 / $27,603 / $6,947 / $1,700 / $7,042 / $- /
$1,100 / $44,392 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-10 / $29,600 / $7,534 / $1,665 / $5,271 / $- /
$925 / $44,995 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-11 / $36,447 / $14,519 / $1,965 / $8,250 / $650 /
$2,636 / $64,467 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-17 / $17,383 / $5,852 / $354 / $2,781 / $- /
$1,100 / $27,470 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-18 / $82,309 / $18,339 / $4,600 / $7,863 / $1,025 /
$6,586 / $120,722 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-20 / $44,737 / CF / CF / CF / $- / No info. /
$44,737 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-21 / $60,715 / $24,292 / $1,740 / $8,473 / $1,025 /
$2,829 / $99,074 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-6 / $11,500 / $5,869 / $853 / $2,409 / $270 /
$1,318 / $22,219 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / AT-16 / $18,594 / $5,880 / $1,068 / $1,874 / $- / CF
/ $27,416 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-19 / $17,736 / $3,470 / $850 / $440 / $- / No
info. / $22,496 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / BT-12 / $29,159 / $8,558 / $900 / $2,335 / $- /
$1,385 / $42,337 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / BT-13 / $7,076 / $7,260 / $900 / $2,360 / $- / $1,352
/ $18,948 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / BT-15 / $13,778 / $5,542 / $900 / $2,313 / $- /
$1,356 / $23,889 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-13 / $6,045 / $4,227 / $645 / $1,374 / $- / $- /
$12,291 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / PT-17 / $5,530 / $2,350 / $357 / $602 / $- / $97 /
$8,936 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-18 / $5,943 / $2,400 / $377 / $1,099 / $- / $- /
$9,819 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-19 / $8,107 / $3,317 / $150 / $429 / $- / $97 /
$12,100 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-22 / $8,226 / CF / CF / $247 / $- / $- / $8,473 /
Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-23 / $11,059 / $3,316 / $215 / $755 / $- / $97 /
$15,442 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-24 / $5,133 / Brit. Fr. / CF / CF / $- / $83 / $5,216
/ Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-26 / $10,285 / $3,187 / $150 / $1,347 / $- / $83
/ $15,052 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-27 / $5,341 / $2,678 / CF / CF / $- / $83 /
$8,102 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-1 / $20,368 / $3,860 / $1,125 / $1,191 / $26 /
$1,200 / $27,770 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-2 / $2,667 / CF / CF / $84 / $- / $247 / $2,998
/ Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-3 / $2,138 / CF / CF / $11 / $- / $247 / $2,396
/ Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-4 / $2,227 / CF / CF / $152 / $- / $247 / $2,626
/ Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-5 / $6,164 / $1,956 / $352 / $427 / $10 / $263 /
$9,172 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / L-6 / $6,054 / CF / CF / $11 / $- / $61 / $6,126 /
Total in table minus Comms cost. Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / R-4 / $39,317 / $3,401 / $- / $667 / $- / $229 /
$43,614 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / R-5 / $50,600 / $7,259 / $- / $1,208 / $10 / $1,460
/ $60,537 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / R-6 / $41,222 / $4,663 / $- / $1,153 / $10 / $1,152
/ $48,200 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-29 / $434,512 / $101,877 / $13,628 / $124,787 /
$5,531 / $34,738 / $715,073 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-32 / $522,816 / $101,877 / $24,892 / $71,208 / $4,624
/ $34,150 / $759,567 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-17 / $125,464 / $34,875 / $6,487 / $46,413 / $5,686
/ $9,040 / $227,965 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-24 / $114,951 / $34,497 / $8,663 / $48,288 / $4,505
/ $8,474 / $219,378 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-25 / $89,920 / $29,131 / $3,071 / $19,703 / $5,837 /
$8,337 / $155,999 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-26 / $110,260 / $43,171 / $14,110 / $21,647 / $5,028
/ $7,749 / $201,965 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / A-26 / $116,760 / $34,194 / $3,034 / $29,488 / $13,213
/ $3,939 / $200,628 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-38 / $74,673 / $18,867 / $5,270 / $6,199 / $2,901 /
$3,631 / $111,541 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-59 / $129,296 / $75,000 / $- / $2,001 / $4,034 /
$2,864 / $213,195 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-61 / $147,960 / $44,729 / $9,720 / $17,611 / $6,245
/ $19,758 / $246,023 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-82 / $86,540 / $36,000 / $9,200 / $3,229 / $444 /
$1,545 / $136,958 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-47 / $49,420 / $22,608 / $5,257 / $5,210 / $3,506 /
$3,295 / $89,296 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-51 / $25,795 / $17,558 / $2,555 / $2,234 / $2,559 /
$2,780 / $53,481 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-63 / $29,194 / $13,183 / $3,282 / $3,373 / $5,140 /
$2,638 / $56,810 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-75 / $82,863 / $31,420 / $9,083 / $2,788 / $4,366 /
$3,688 / $134,208 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-80 / $55,845 / $55,000 / $- / $3,035 / $2,632 /
$3,500 / $120,012 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / YP-60 / $1,293,710 / $24,868 / $6,881 / $2,722 / $1,784
/ $4,673 / $1,334,638 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / F-11 / $447,770 / $110,000 / $25,000 / $10,647 / $15 /
$10,500 / $603,932 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / OA-10 (PBY) / $216,058 / CF / CF / $559 / $- / CF /
$216,617 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-54 / $256,186 / $58,094 / $6,287 / $9,949 / $15 /
$7,637 / $338,168 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-69 / $534,707 / $95,678 / $6,360 / $7,736 / $15 /
$7,067 / $651,563 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-74 / $949,740 / $92,379 / $12,200 / $27,356 / $15 /
$6,761 / $1,088,451 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-45 / $36,585 / $10,705 / $2,050 / $4,894 / $- /
$3,671 / $57,905 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-46 / $174,696 / $31,748 / $12,244 / $8,785 / $15 /
$9,277 / $236,765 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-47 / $53,490 / $13,733 / $3,028 / $7,805 / $15 /
$15,220 / $93,291 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-82 / $427,244 / $31,748 / $3,880 / $8,205 / $15 /
$6,415 / $477,507 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-64 / $24,839 / $5,933 / $1,055 / $2,056 / $14 /
$1,544 / $35,441 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / AT-6 / $13,100 / $5,933 / $1,050 / $2,501 / $700 /
$1,318 / $24,602 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / L-4 / $2,210 / CF / CF / $150 / $- / $247 / $2,607 /
Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / L-5 / $6,199 / $1,956 / $149 / $445 / $27 / $263 /
$9,039 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / R-4 / $39,152 / $3,401 / $- / $667 / $- / $229 /
$43,449 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / R-5 / $50,586 / $7,259 / $- / $1,152 / $14 / $1,460
/ $60,471 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / R-6 / $41,145 / $4,663 / $- / $1,019 / $14 / $1,152
/ $47,993 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-29 / $469,269 / $100,406 / $12,433 / $125,863 /
$5,526 / $34,738 / $748,235 / Airframe and engine costs subject to
revision. Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-32 / $522,661 / $100,406 / $20,841 / $66,491 / $4,624
/ $34,150 / $749,173 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-17 / $129,150 / $35,521 / $11,247 / $47,425 / $5,966
/ $9,040 / $238,349 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-24 / $138,585 / $33,363 / $13,004 / $47,956 / $4,520
/ $8,474 / $245,902 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-25 / $94,229 / $29,104 / $5,096 / $15,392 / $10,827
/ $8,337 / $162,985 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-26 / $120,048 / $43,171 / $14,145 / $20,169 / $5,296
/ $7,749 / $210,578 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / A-20 / $61,510 / $29,945 / $4,388 / $14,155 / $3,204 /
$3,813 / $117,015 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / A-26 / $112,214 / $33,838 / $5,096 / $29,487 / $13,213
/ $3,939 / $197,787 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-38 / $70,168 / $19,344 / $5,386 / $6,383 / $2,914 /
$3,631 / $107,826 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-59 / $128,961 / $75,000 / $- / $2,169 / $3,984 /
$2,864 / $212,978 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-82 / $86,540 / $36,000 / $4,600 / $3,229 / $444 /
$1,545 / $132,358 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-39 / $26,471 / $12,545 / $3,750 / $2,673 / $4,712 /
$2,633 / $52,784 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-40 / $26,352 / $10,503 / $3,110 / $2,068 / $2,646 /
$2,904 / $47,583 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-47 / $55,783 / $23,852 / $6,960 / $5,357 / $3,506 /
$2,948 / $98,406 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-51 / $27,889 / $17,545 / $4,391 / $2,236 / $2,574 /
$2,780 / $57,415 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-72 / $153,672 / $6,500 / $11,000 / $2,910 / $2,594 /
$2,836 / $179,512 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-75 / $83,585 / $31,420 / $9,500 / $2,839 / $4,366 /
$3,688 / $135,398 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-80 / $55,845 / $55,000 / $- / $3,035 / $2,632 /
$3,500 / $120,012 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / F-11 / $447,620 / $55,000 / $25,000 / $10,647 / $15 /
$10,500 / $548,782 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / OA-10 (PBY) / $216,250 / CF / CF / CF / $- / CF / $216,250
/ Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-54 / $250,515 / $59,398 / $8,729 / $9,762 / $15 /
$7,918 / $336,337 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-69 / $534,367 / $92,892 / $14,073 / $7,736 / $15 /
$7,067 / $656,150 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-74 / $949,740 / $92,379 / $12,200 / $27,356 / $15 /
$6,761 / $1,088,451 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-87 / $155,000 / $28,334 / $9,840 / $22,811 / $15 /
$6,935 / $222,935 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-45 / $38,764 / $14,519 / $4,100 / $5,292 / $- /
$3,670 / $66,345 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-46 / $189,865 / $31,748 / $13,966 / $9,814 / $15 /
$9,277 / $254,685 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-47 / $61,062 / $18,707 / $3,804 / $8,160 / $15 /
$14,574 / $106,322 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-82 / $427,244 / $31,748 / $3,880 / $8,205 / $15 /
$6,415 / $477,507 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / UC-61 / $9,394 / $3,187 / $150 / $207 / $- / $2,209
/ $15,147 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-64 / $26,521 / $5,769 / $1,062 / $2,056 / $14 /
$1,544 / $36,966 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / AT-7 / $41,275 / $10,286 / $2,050 / $8,250 / $- /
$2,299 / $64,160 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / AT-21 / $62,389 / $24,292 / $1,844 / $8,457 / $1,025 /
$2,758 / $100,765 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / AT-6 / $12,970 / $6,122 / $1,068 / $2,986 / $676 /
$1,318 / $25,140 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / AT-19 / $17,736 / $3,805 / $905 / $440 / $- / No info.
/ $22,886 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / L-4 / $2,277 / CF / CF / $150 / $- / $247 / $2,674 /
Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / L-5 / $6,359 / $1,956 / $149 / $463 / $26 / $263 /
$9,216 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / R-4 / $39,152 / $3,406 / $- / $667 / $- / $229 /
$43,454 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / R-5 / $50,586 / $7,259 / $- / $1,152 / $14 / $1,460
/ $60,471 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / R-6 / $41,142 / $4,663 / $- / $1,019 / $14 / $1,152
/ $47,990 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / CG-4A / $21,317 / $- / $- / $1,123 / $- / $155 /
$22,595 / 15 place. Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Jul-44 / B-29 / $478,180 / $100,406 / $12,181 / $125,919 /
$5,525 / $34,738 / $756,949 / Costs are weighted average of all Army
contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-32 / $540,305 / $100,406 / $18,000 / $68,734 / $4,624
/ $34,150 / $766,219 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-17 / $157,484 / $37,480 / $11,755 / $48,939 / $5,999
/ $10,305 / $271,962 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-24 / $169,452 / $36,539 / $12,899 / $49,034 / $4,726
/ $9,752 / $282,402 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-25 / $93,690 / $29,589 / $5,201 / $20,514 / $8,041 /
$8,899 / $165,934 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-26 / $140,735 / $48,097 / $13,999 / $22,041 / $5,059
/ $12,590 / $242,521 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-34 / $108,558 / $44,000 / $5,000 / $29,449 / CF /
$1,250 / $188,257 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-20 / $75,448 / $26,333 / $5,020 / $9,920 / $3,768 /
$3,828 / $124,317 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-26 / $112,264 / $33,838 / $5,096 / $29,488 / $13,213
/ $3,939 / $197,838 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-28 / $91,499 / $19,634 / $5,000 / $9,038 / $- /
$250 / $125,421 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-29 / $89,262 / $21,653 / $5,000 / $9,038 / $2,093 /
$250 / $127,296 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-30 / $110,586 / $28,427 / $4,664 / $3,250 / $2,773 /
$3,583 / $153,283 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-24 / $35,922 / $8,971 / $1,739 / $2,876 / $1,720 /
$5,197 / $56,425 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-25 / $67,492 / $14,001 / $3,988 / $6,692 / $2,303 /
$3,818 / $98,294 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-31 / $65,852 / $17,990 / $2,330 / $1,863 / $1,978 /
$250 / $90,263 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-35 / $56,166 / $14,552 / $2,353 / $3,026 / $2,270 /
$3,911 / $82,278 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-36 (P-51) / $36,706 / $12,000 / $3,680 / $2,670 /
$2,632 / $2,516 / $60,204 / Costs are weighted average of all Army
contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-38 / $73,607 / $21,096 / $5,822 / $7,748 / $3,531 /
$3,873 / $115,677 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-59 / $128,961 / $75,000 / $- / $2,169 / $3,984 /
$2,864 / $212,978 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-61 / $191,831 / $49,392 / $11,841 / $18,144 / $6,308
/ $19,918 / $297,434 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-70 / $79,865 / $29,372 / $5,186 / $24,052 / $1,341 /
$3,260 / $143,076 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-82 / $86,540 / $36,000 / $4,600 / $3,229 / $444 /
$1,545 / $132,358 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-39 / $32,824 / $13,518 / $4,972 / $2,907 / $5,767 /
$4,305 / $64,293 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-40 / $29,515 / $13,905 / $3,266 / $2,325 / $3,237 /
$3,720 / $55,968 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-47 / $61,699 / $24,313 / $6,922 / $5,767 / $3,504 /
$3,303 / $105,508 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-51 / $28,984 / $17,328 / $4,887 / $2,322 / $2,493 /
$2,830 / $58,844 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-63 / $28,551 / $13,944 / $5,238 / $2,984 / $4,969 /
$2,636 / $58,322 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-72 / $153,672 / $6,500 / $11,000 / $2,910 / $2,594 /
$2,836 / $179,512 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-75 / $83,585 / $31,420 / $9,500 / $2,839 / $4,366 /
$3,688 / $135,398 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / F-3 (A-20) / $103,627 / $29,372 / $5,186 / $20,207 /
$1,341 / $3,260 / $162,993 / Costs are weighted average of all Army
contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / O-52 / $24,558 / $6,000 / $1,575 / $4,780 / $697 /
$4,930 / $42,540 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / OA-10 (PBY) / $158,941 / $25,269 / in GFE / $24,975 /
$3,174 / $10,440 / $222,799 / Costs are weighted average of all Army
contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-54 / $262,501 / $59,639 / $9,468 / $9,804 / $15 /
$7,824 / $349,251 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-69 / $534,331 / $92,892 / $15,120 / $7,736 / $15 /
$7,067 / $657,161 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-74 / $949,740 / $92,379 / $12,200 / $27,356 / $15 /
$6,761 / $1,088,451 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-87 / $196,474 / $31,517 / $9,840 / $22,099 / $211 /
$6,935 / $267,076 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-46 / $197,639 / $33,772 / $13,821 / $9,981 / $15 /
$9,315 / $264,543 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-47 / $73,749 / $17,428 / $4,616 / $5,707 / $16 /
$16,508 / $118,024 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-48 / $91,229 / $30,000 / $4,594 / $413 / $30 /
$8,460 / $134,726 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-49 / $104,870 / $25,269 / $4,594 / $1,854 / $15 /
$8,559 / $145,161 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-50 / $97,273 / $23,067 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $133,508 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-51 / $100,689 / $18,324 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $132,181 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-52 / $105,052 / $24,780 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $143,000 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-53 / $107,124 / $22,431 / $4,627 / $3,096 / $26 /
$7,392 / $144,696 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-55 / $353,707 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$361,556 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-56 / $106,681 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$114,530 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-57 / $103,314 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $8,136 /
$111,450 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-59 / $92,833 / $17,000 / CF / CF / $- / $250 /
$110,083 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-60 / $91,978 / $18,264 / $4,076 / $2,805 / $15 /
$5,396 / $122,534 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-68 / $139,966 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$147,815 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-76 / $135,489 / $14,690 / $5,950 / $9,280 / $15 /
$7,100 / $172,524 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-82 / $427,244 / $31,748 / $3,880 / $8,205 / $15 /
$6,415 / $477,507 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-45 / $39,667 / $14,478 / $3,231 / $5,257 / $30 /
$3,655 / $66,318 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-78 / $16,818 / $5,919 / $1,988 / $2,709 / $15 /
$6,348 / $33,797 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-43 / $18,687 / $6,000 / $1,104 / $896 / $- / $- /
$26,687 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-61 / $7,611 / $3,419 / $150 / $258 / $- / $2,209 /
$13,647 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-64 / $26,336 / $5,892 / $1,062 / $2,052 / $15 /
$1,544 / $36,901 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-7 / $43,504 / $11,767 / $2,096 / $7,823 / $- /
$2,850 / $68,040 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-8 / $25,646 / $7,438 / $1,932 / $5,455 / $- /
$1,230 / $41,701 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-9 / $27,927 / $7,134 / $1,777 / $6,602 / $- /
$1,143 / $44,583 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-10 / $26,886 / $7,702 / $1,957 / $5,577 / $- /
$1,543 / $43,665 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-11 / $47,429 / $10,819 / $2,098 / $17,601 / $688 /
$1,541 / $80,176 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-17 / $20,968 / $6,530 / $361 / $3,247 / $- /
$1,432 / $32,538 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-18 / $83,890 / $18,666 / $4,600 / $6,279 / $987 /
$6,586 / $121,008 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-20 / $44,737 / CF / CF / CF / $- / No info. / $44,737 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-21 / $62,381 / $24,292 / $1,844 / $8,458 / $1,025 /
$2,756 / $100,756 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-6 / $14,188 / $6,187 / $1,068 / $3,107 / $706 /
$1,595 / $26,851 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-16 / $18,565 / $6,262 / $1,192 / $1,476 / $- / CF /
$27,495 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / AT-19 / $22,793 / $5,338 / $1,320 / $3,041 / $- /
$1,230 / $33,722 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / BT-12 / $29,159 / $8,558 / $900 / $2,335 / $- /
$1,385 / $42,337 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / BT-13 / $12,657 / $6,838 / $901 / $2,630 / $- /
$1,363 / $24,389 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / BT-15 / $13,741 / $5,504 / $903 / $2,430 / $- /
$1,350 / $23,928 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-13 / $6,054 / $3,178 / $553 / $1,180 / $- / $- /
$10,965 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / PT-17 / $5,756 / $2,393 / $373 / $829 / $- / $96 /
$9,447 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-18 / $5,943 / $2,400 / $377 / $1,099 / $- / $- /
$9,819 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-19 / $7,340 / $3,316 / $150 / $440 / $- / $97 /
$11,343 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / PT-22 / $8,729 / CF / CF / $240 / $- / $- / $8,969 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-23 / $10,632 / $3,231 / $187 / $870 / $- / $97 /
$15,017 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / PT-24 / $5,133 / Brit. Fr. / CF / CF / $- / $83 / $5,216
/ Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-26 / $9,668 / $3,192 / $150 / $1,289 / $- / $91 /
$14,390 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / PT-27 / $5,341 / 2678 / CF / CF / $- / $83 / $8,102 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-1 / $18,341 / $3,647 / $1,031 / $1,175 / $26 /
$1,200 / $25,420 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-2 / $2,615 / CF / CF / $60 / $- / $247 / $2,922 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-3 / $2,188 / CF / CF / $49 / $- / $247 / $2,484 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-4 / $2,140 / CF / CF / $114 / $- / $247 / $2,501 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-5 / $6,763 / $1,958 / $149 / $454 / $20 / $262 /
$9,606 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-6 / $6,070 / CF / CF / $11 / $- / No info. / $6,081 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / R-4 / $46,826 / $3,406 / $- / $689 / $- / $229 /
$51,150 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / R-5 / $50,586 / $7,259 / $- / $1,152 / $14 / $1,460
/ $60,471 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / R-6 / $41,142 / $4,663 / $- / $1,019 / $14 / $1,152
/ $47,990 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jan-44 / YCG-13 / $54,792 / $- / $- / $1,683 / $- / $- /
$56,475 / 30 place. Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jan-44 / CG-4A / $23,693 / $- / $- / $1,123 / $- / $- /
$24,816 / 15 place, table total is 24,734. Costs are weighted average of
all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jan-44 / CG-3A / $24,835 / $- / $- / $885 / $- / $- /
$25,720 / 9 Place. Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
The factory costs, War Industrial Facilities Authorised July 1940 - August
1945 by Civilian Production Administration, Industrial Statistics Division
Company / Plant / $ Amount / Public / Private / Note
Aeronica / Middleton / 1,251,000 / 1,152,000 / 99,000 / L-3, PT-19, UC-64,
plus B-17 elevators, C-46 elevators and rudders
Beech / Wichita / 6,865,000 / 3,611,000 / 3,254,000 / AT-10
Beech / Wichita / 3,382,000 / 3,382,000 / / AT-11
Bell / Buffalo / 1,522,000 / / 1,522,000 / P-39, P-63
Bell / Buffalo / 1,431,000 / / 1,431,000 / Aero Gun Mounts
Bell / Burlington / 2,685,000 / 2,647,000 / 38,000 / Gun Mounts, Recoil
Mechanisms, Feed Units
Bell / Marietta / 53,921,000 / 53,837,000 / 84,000 / B-29
Bell / Niagra Falls / 1,909,000 / 1,909,000 / / Modification, P-39, P-40,
P-51
Bell / Wheatfield / 26,769,000 / 23,844,000 / 2,925,000 / P-39, P-59, P-63
Bellanca / New Castle / 1,722,000 / 1,475,000 / 247,000 / AT-21, plus C-46
ailerons, flaps and cowls
Bellanca / New Castle / 288,000 / 288,000 / / B-24, A-20, A-30, B-26 and
PV-1 gun turrets
Boeing / Renton / 22,771,000 / 22,553,000 / 218,000 / B-29
Boeing / Seattle / 11,958,000 / 6,787,000 / 5,171,000 / B-17
Boeing / Seattle / 12,189,000 / 12,189,000 / / B-29
Boeing / Seattle / 800,000 / 800,000 / / Warehouse Facilities
Boeing / Various / 81,000 / / / Facilites for B-29 work in Washington
State
Brewster / Johnsville / 7,969,000 / 7,934,000 / 35,000 / SB2A, Model 340
Brewster / Johnsville / 514,000 / 514,000 / / F3A
Brewster / Long Island / 2,395,000 / 712,000 / 1,683,000 / Aircraft major
sub assemblies and parts
Brewster / Newark / 1,027,000 / 645,000 / 382,000 / PBY-5 floats and wings,
C-46 ribs, spars and nacelles
Budd / Philadelphia / 23,511,000 / 21,889,000 / 1,622,000 / RB-1, exhaust
assemblies for B-26, , B-24, C-47, P-38, pilot seats, aircraft oil tanks,
tail buoyancy tanks, main buoyancy tanks, gun heater ducts
Cessna / Hutchinson / 793,000 / / 793,000 / CG-4A, aircraft parts
Cessna / Wichita / 3,662,000 / / 3,662,000 / UC-78, A-26 landing gear
Columbia / Valley Stream / 1,587,000 / 1,587,000 / / J2F, aircraft oil
tanks, ammunition boxes etc.
Consolidated Vultee / Allentown / 1,176,000 / 1,176,000 / / TBY-2
Consolidated Vultee / Downey / 6,251,000 / / / BT-13, BT-15
Consolidated Vultee / Downey / 2,764,000 / 694,000 / 2,070,000 / B-24 and
B-32 power plants and wingtips, B-24 fins, PB4Y dorsal and vertical fins
Consolidated Vultee / Downey / 4,505,000 / 4,505,000 / / PB4Y stub island,
P-38 centre wing
Consolidated Vultee / Fort Worth / 58,744,000 / 58,744,000 / / B-24, PB4Y,
B-32, C-87, B-36
Consolidated Vultee / Louisville / 3,585,000 / 3,585,000 / / Modification,
B-24
Consolidated Vultee / Miami / 3,630,000 / 2,079,000 / 1,551,000 / Engine
mounts, inner wing sections, cowlings etc.
Consolidated Vultee / Miami / 175,000 / / / Projectile 40 mm M1AA,
Projectile 20 mm M1VAA
Consolidated Vultee / Nashville / 8,651,000 / 2,080,000 / 6,571,000 / A-35,
P-38
Consolidated Vultee / New Orleans / 12,645,000 / 12,547,000 / 96,000 /
PBY-5A
Consolidated Vultee / Pasadena / 584,000 / / 584,000 / Aircraft testing
Consolidated Vultee / San Diego / 39,769,000 / 24,764,000 / 15,005,000 /
B-24
Consolidated Vultee / San Diego / 4,348,000 / 4,348,000 / / PB4Y
Consolidated Vultee / San Diego / 1,174,000 / 1,130,000 / 44,000 / PBY-5A,
PB2Y, C-87
Consolidated Vultee / Tuscon / 7,101,000 / 7,101,000 / /
Consolidated Vultee / Wayne / 1,798,000 / 157,000 / 1,641,000 / AT-19, L-5
Curtiss Wright / Buffalo / 2,038,000 / / / Modification, C-46, P-40, P-51
Curtiss Wright / Columbus / 32,001,000 / 31,720,000 / 281,000 / SB2C, SOC3,
SC-1
Curtiss Wright / Kenmore / 5,390,000 / 5,390,000 / / C-46
Curtiss Wright / Robertson / 25,000,000 / 24,954,000 / 46,000 / C-76, A-25,
C-46
Curtiss Wright / Various / 18,266,000 / 18,266,000 / / Aircraft sub
assemblies
Curtiss Aeroplane / Buffalo / 52,334,000 / 47,578,000 / 4,756,000 / P-40,
P-47, C-46
Curtiss Aeroplane / Caldwell / 476,000 / 476,000 / / Aircraft testing,
types C-6445 propeller assembly
Curtiss Aeroplane / Louisville / 14,515,000 / 13,944,000 / 571,000 / C-46,
C-76
Curtiss Propeller / Beaver / 10,421,000 / 10,421,000 / / Hollow Steel
Propeller Blades
Curtiss Propeller / Caldwell / 2,140,000 / 2,140,000 / / Propellers P-40,
FM2, B-32, JRM-1
Curtiss Propeller / Caldwell / 14,441,000 / 8,072,000 / 6,369,000 / Steel
Propeller Blades
Curtiss Propeller / Clifton / 2,134,000 / 2,134,000 / / Controllable 3 and
4 blade propellers
Curtiss Propeller / Indianapolis / 29,020,000 / 28,038,000 / 982,000 /
Propellers P-47, B-26, C-46, B-32
Curtiss Propeller / Newark / 1,914,000 / 1,914,000 / / Propellers
Curtiss Propeller / Pittsburgh / 1,680,000 / / / Aircraft Propeller Blades
Curtiss Propeller / Bloomfield / 97,000 / 97,000 / / Experimental work
Wright Aeronautical / Caldwell / 100,000 / / 100,000 / Aircraft Engines and
parts
Wright Aeronautical / Fair Lawn / 5,500,000 / 5,500,000 / / Aircraft
Engines and parts
Wright Aeronautical / Lockland / 141,196,000 / 141,157,000 / 39,000 /
Aircraft Engines R-2600 B
Wright Aeronautical / Paterson / 60,386,000 / 39,763,000 / 20,623,000 /
Aircraft Engines R-760, R-975, R-1820, G-200, R-3350 B B, Gears
Wright Aeronautical / Woodbridge / 61,559,000 / 61,559,000 / / Aircraft
Engines R-3350 B A, R-3350 B B, superchargers, aluminum billets, aluminum
cylinder heads
Wright Aeronautical / Woodbridge / 8,641,000 / 8,641,000 / / Aluminium
cylinder heads
Douglas / Chicago / 49,353,000 / 49,353,000 / / C-54
Douglas / Dogget / 4,082,000 / 4,082,000 / / Modification, A-20, P-51
Douglas / El Segundo / 14,643,000 / 14,074,000 / 569,000 / SBD, BTD
Douglas / Long Beach / 29,580,000 / 29,580,000 / / B-17, C-47A, A-26B
Douglas / Los Angeles / 981,000 / 981,000 / / Aircraft
Douglas / Oklahoma City / 43,179,000 / 43,179,000 / / C-47A, R4D
Douglas / Oklahoma City / 5,408,000 / 5,318,000 / 90,000 / Modification B-25
Douglas / Pasadena / 584,000 / 584,000 / / Aircraft testing
Douglas / Santa Monica / 14,799,000 / 637,000 / 14,162,000 / C-54A, A-20G
Douglas / South Gate / 468,000 / 468,000 / / C-54, A-20G
Douglas / Tulsa / 33,119,000 / 33,119,000 / / B-24H, A-24, A-26
Douglas / Tulsa / 5,188,000 / 5,188,000 / / Modification B-25, C-47
Douglas / Various / 9,236,000 / 8,724,000 / 512,000 / Aircraft
Edo / College Point / 1,497,000 / 1,207,000 / 290,000 / Aircraft pontoons
Edo / College Point / 47,000 / 47,000 / / Aircraft and parts
Fairchild Aviation / Jamaica NY / 1,050,000 / 802,000 / 248,000 / Cameras,
Aircraft Instruments, Optical Instruments, Miscellaneous Instruments,
Photographic accessories
Fairchild Aviation / New York / 449,000 / 449,000 / / 8K gunsights
Fairchild Aviation / New York / / 90,000 / 90,000 / Radio compasses
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Jamaica NY / 9,058,000 / 9,058,000 / /
Aircraft engine parts
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Jamaica NY / 477,000 / / 477,000 / TDR
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Jamestown / 1,273,000 / / / Eagle wings,
fuel tanks and radar housing
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / New York / 71,000 / / 71,000 / Duramold
aircraft parts
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Burlington / 3,838,000 / 3,838,000 / /
AT-21
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Hagerstown / 11,095,000 / 10,610,000 /
485,000 / UC-61, PT-26, C-82, also outer wing panels PMB-3C
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Farmingdale / 6,858,000 / 6,501,000 /
357,000 / Aircraft engine L-440
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Farmingdale / 1,028,000 / 874,000 / 154,000
/ Aircraft engine V-770
Ford / Iron Mountain / 457,000 / 457,000 / / CG-4A, YCG-13
Ford / Dearborn / 100,554,000 / 89,947,000 / 10,607,000 / Aircraft engine
R-2800
Ford / Dearborn / 38,159,000 / 38,159,000 / / Aircraft engine sleeves,
melmac distributor units, B2 turbo superchargers, cast aluminum cylinder
heads, oleo struts, landing gear braces, aluminum forgings for aircraft
parts
Ford / Dearborn / 1,589,000 / 1,589,000 / / Aircraft parts and assemblies,
oleo struts, landing gear braces
Ford / Willow Run / 94,898,000 / 94,898,000 / / B-24, also sub assemblies
General Motors (Spark Plug) / Flint / 2,201,000 / 2,201,000 / / Bomb Sights
General Motors (Spark Plug) / Flint / 4,513,000 / 4,395,000 / 118,000 / 50
Cal
General Motors (Spark Plug) / Flint / 5,862,000 / 4,722,000 / 1,140,000 /
Aircraft spark plugs, bearings, fuel pumps, R-5 automatic pilot (Sperry),
T-1 computators, K-14 gunsight
General Motors (Aero Products) / Dayton / 543,000 / 543,000 / / Dual
rotation propellers
General Motors (Aero Products) / Moraine City / 11,168,000 / 11,168,000 / /
Hamilton Propellers
General Motors (Aero Products) / Vandalia / 17,640,000 / 17,640,000 / /
Controllable 3 and 4 blade Dual rotation propellers
General Motors (Allison) / Anderson / 67,000 / / 67,000 / Aircraft engines
General Motors (Allison) / Detroit / 152,000 / / 152,000 / Aircraft
engines, plus tanks
General Motors (Allison) / Flint / 97,000 / / 97,000 / Aircraft engine
parts
General Motors (Allison) / Indianapolis / 116,169,000 / 101,239,000 /
14,930,000 / Aircraft engines, V-1710, V-3420, superchargers, experimental
magnesium castings for aircraft parts
General Motors(Buick) / Flint / 3,109,000 / / 3,109,000 / Aircraft engine
parts
General Motors(Buick) / Melrose Park / 125,683,000 / 125,683,000 / /
Aircraft engines, R-1830-43, R-1830-63A, R-1830-90C, R-2800-9
General Motors(Chevrolet) / Tosawaba? NY / 134,132,000 / 134,132,000 / /
Aircraft engines, R-1830, R-2800
General Motors(Delco) / Cincinati / 187,000 / / 187,000 / Dual rotation
propellers
General Motors(Delco) / Dayton / 7,844,000 / 5,483,000 / 2,361,000 / Oleo
struts, B-24, B-25, B-26
General Motors(Delco) / Dayton / 1,747,000 / 1,747,000 / / Aircraft engine
parts, hydraulic actuating devices, shock absorbers
General Motors(Delco) / Norwood / 13,445,000 / 13,445,000 / / Oleo struts
for B-26, TBY-1, P-51 and FR-1, axles, outer cylinders and oleo arms for
B-25
General Motors (Eastern) / Baltimore / 1,328,000 / 1,107,000 / 221,000 /
Parts and assemblies for TBM-1
General Motors (Eastern) / Bloomfield / 81,000 / / 81,000 / Aircraft parts
and assemblies
General Motors (Eastern) / Linden / 10,433,000 / 9,904,000 / 529,000 / FM-1,
FM-2
General Motors (Eastern) / Tarrytown / 1,859,000 / 1,859,000 / / Aircraft
(Bombers)
General Motors (Eastern) / Tarrytown / 2,152,000 / 2,152,000 / / Aircraft
(Bombers)
General Motors (Eastern) / Trenton / 9,508,000 / 9,508,000 / / TBM-1
General Motors (Eastern) / Various / 8,766,000 / 8,766,000 / / Aircraft
General Motors (Fisher) / Cleveland / 17,692,000 / 17,349,000 / 343,000 /
B-29, GF1, P-75
General Motors (Fisher) / Detroit / 2,247,000 / 1,278,000 / 969,000 / Sub
assemblies B-25 and B-29, exhaust manifolds, fixed and removable cowlings,
torpedo racks
General Motors (Wood Products) / Memphis / 4,757,000 / 4,757,000 / / Wing
sections, tips, ailerons, stabilizers for B-25
General Motors (Frigidaire) / Dayton / 1,627,000 / / 1,627,000 / Hamilton
Standard Propellers, aircraft hydraulic valves
Globe / Fort Worth / 640,000 / 640,000 / / AT-10
Goodyear / Akron / 13,829,000 / 9,917,000 / 3,912,000 / FG, F2G, ZNN, ZNP,
fusleage and empennage sections B-29, outer wingand expendible assemblies
P-61, assemblies for B-33 and TBF, surfaces for P-38, aircraft wheels and
brakes
Goodyear / Akron / 17,292,000 / 17,292,000 / / Surface parts for F6F3
Goodyear / Akron / 196,000 / 196,000 / / Surface parts for F6F3
Goodyear / Litchfield / 9,845,000 / 9,845,000 / / Wing panels, control
surfaces and empennages for PBHY (PB4Y?), flight decks for PB2Y
Grumman / Bethpage / 24,090,000 / 24,090,000 / / TBF, F7F, F6F, JRF, J4F
Grumman / Fort Washington / 3,500,000 / 3,500,000 / / F4F, F6F, TBF
Grumman / Fort Washington / 1,807,000 / 1,807,000 / / Aircraft wings,
centre sections, turrets etc.
Grumman / Sysset / 260,000 / 260,000 / / Landing gear, engine mounts,
exhaust manifolds etc.
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / East Hartford / 15,960,000 / 12,700,000 /
3,260,000 / Hydromatic and controllable propellers
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / East Hartford / 1,697,000 / 1,697,000 / /
Aircraft Engines and parts
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / Norwich / 1,019,000 / 922,000 / 97,000 /
Aircraft Propeller Blades and Hub Parts
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / Pawcatuck / 750,000 / 640,000 / 110,000 /
Hydromatic and controllable propellers
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / Pawtucket / 1,662,000 / 1,379,000 / 285,000
/ Aircraft Propellers
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / West Hartford / 120,000 / / 120,000 /
Propeller Parts
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / Various / 2,811,000 / 2,811,000 / /
Aircraft Propellers
Howard / St Charles / 297,000 / 297,000 / / PT-23, GH-2, NH-1
Interstate / De Kalb / 331,000 / 331,000 / / TDR, TD2R, TD3R
Interstate / Kansas City / 160,000 / 160,000 / / Aircraft valves, pumps,
cylinders and parts
Interstate / El Segundo / 172,000 / 172,000 / / Aircraft hydraulic units,
machine gun chargers, bomb and tank shackles
Kellet / Philadelphia / 578,000 / 511,000 / 57,000 / Ailerons, P-40, P-47,
B-24
Kellet / Philadelphia / 52,000 / 52,000 / / Aircraft engine mounts, flaps
Lockheed / Bakersfield / 82,000 / / 82,000 / Aircraft subassemblies and
parts
Lockheed / Burbank / 37,351,000 / 17,595,000 / 19,736,000 / P-38, C-69,
aicraft subassemblies and parts
Lockheed / Burbank / 9,426,000 / 6,048,000 / 3,378,000 / B-17G, PV-1, PV-2
Lockheed / Burbank / 27,000 / / 27,000 / Aircraft sheet metal forming dies
Lockheed / Los Angeles / 1,486,000 / / 1,486,000 / Aircraft subassemblies
and parts
Lockheed / Maywood / 396,000 / / 396,000 / Aircraft subassemblies and parts
Lockheed / Pomona / 172,000 / / 172,000 / Aircraft subassemblies and parts
Lockheed / Santa Barbara / 142,000 / / 142,000 / Aircraft parts
Lockheed / Van Nuys / 3,458,000 / 3,458,000 / / Modification and repair
Lockheed / Dallas / 2,496,000 / 2,496,000 / / Modification, A-36, B-17,
B-24, P-36 (U.S. Government modification centre #3)
Lockheed Air Terminal / Burbank / 630,000 / 630,000 / / Air Transport
Martin / Middle River / 6,849,000 / 2,127,000 / 4,722,000 / B-26, A-30
Martin / Middle River / 39,446,000 / 39,446,000 / / PBM5, BTM, B-29, also
JRM nacelles, airplane power turrets
Martin / Omaha / 23,276,000 / 23,276,000 / / Modification B-26 (U.S.
Government modification centre #1)
Martin / Omaha / 6,319,000 / 6,319,000 / / Modification B-29 (U.S.
Government modification centre #1)
McDonnell / Memphis / 1,161,000 / 1,161,000 / / AT-21
McDonnell / Robertson / 1,781,000 / 1,453,000 / 328,000 / Empennage for
C-47,cowls for A-20
McDonnell / St Louis / 359,000 / / 359,000 / Empennage for C-47 and other
aircraft parts.
Nash Kelivnator / Detroit / 717,000 / 509,000 / 208,000 / R-6 Helicopter
Nash Kelivnator / Detroit / 1,428,000 / 1,428,000 / / Aircraft propellers
and govenors
Nash Kelivnator / Detroit / 701,000 / 701,000 / / Bomb Fuses
Nash Kelivnator / Grand Rapids / 205,000 / 130,000 / 75,000 / Aircraft Parts
Nash Kelivnator / Grand Rapids / 620,000 / 620,000 / / R-6 Helicopter
Nash Kelivnator / Kenosha / 37,010,000 / 36,712,000 / 298,000 / Aircraft
engines, R-2800 2 stage S-10?
Nash Kelivnator / Kenosha / 194,000 / 194,000 / / R-6 Helicopter
Nash Kelivnator / Lansing / 21,553,000 / 21,553,000 / / Hydromatic Dural 3
blade propellers
Nash Kelivnator / Milwalkee / 736,000 / 736,000 / / Aircraft parts and
subassemblies
North American / Grand Prarie / 35,654,000 / 34,507,000 / 1,147,000 / AT-6,
P-51, B-24
North American / Inglewood / 13,757,000 / 10,413,000 / 3,344,000 / B-25,
P-51, P-82
North American / Kansas City / 30,359,000 / 30,359,000 / / B-25 (U.S.
Government Assembly Plant #2)
North American / Kansas City / 3,951,000 / 3,951,000 / / Modificton, B-25,
P-51 (U.S. Government modification centre #4)
North American / Los Angeles / 793,000 / / 793,000 / B-25
North American / Pasadena / 292,000 / / 292,000 / Aircraft testing
North American / Waco / 94,000 / / 94,000 / Aircraft
Northrop / Hawthorne / 7,340,000 / 4,163,000 / 3,177,000 / P-61, B-35
Northrop / Los Angeles / 470,000 / 470,000 / / Inner wings for P-61,
cowlings for B-17
Piper / Lock Haven / 477,000 / / 477,000 / L-1
Republic / Babylon / 55,000 / / 55,000 / Aircraft
Republic / Evansville / 14,517,000 / 14,517,000 / / P-47
Republic / Farmingdale / 19,383,000 / 18,767,000 / 616,000 / P-47, XP-72
Republic / Various / 10,000,000 / 10,000,000 / / Aircraft parts for P-47
Ryan / San Diego / 4,089,000 / 3,825,000 / 264,000 / FR-1 and aircraft parts
Ryan / San Diego / 2,756,000 / 2,288,000 / 468,000 / FR-1 and aircraft parts
St Louis / St Louis / 350,000 / / 350,000 / PT-23
St Louis / St Louis / 376,000 / 376,000 / / Aircraft tanks etc.
Sikorsky (United a/c) / Bridgeport / 243,000 / 243,000 / / Helicopter
Taylorcraft / Alliance / 814,000 / 326,000 / 488,000 / L-2B, plus empennage
and ailerons for A-26
Timm / Los Angeles / 159,000 / / 159,000 / C6-4a (CG-4A?) Gliders
Timm / Van Nuys / 273,000 / / 273,000 / N2T
Vought (United a/c) / Bridgeport / 3,106,000 / 1,115,000 / 1,993,000 / R-4,
R-5 helicopter, F4U
Vought (United a/c) / Stratford / 6,128,000 / 6,128,000 / / Aircraft
Testing
Vought (United a/c) / Stratford / 10,632,000 / 10,632,000 / / F4U
Vought (United a/c) / Stratford / 1,405,000 / 219,000 / 1,186,000 / Aircraft
parts
Waco / Troy / 1,156,000 / 1,029,000 / 127,000 / C-62, CG-4A, CG-15A
Norden / Easthampton / 3,392,000 / 3,392,000 / / Bombsights
Norden / New York / 3,259,000 / 3,259,000 / / Bombsights
Norden / New York / 3,840,000 / 3,840,000 / / Bombsights
Norden / New York / 56,000 / / 56,000 / Aircraft Navigation Instruments
Norden / Indianapolis / 13,943,000 / 13,943,000 / / Bombsights, Optical
Instruments (U.S. Government Naval Ordnance Plant)
Packard / Detroit / 58,178,000 / 57,865,000 / 313,000 / Aircraft Engines,
V-1650 and spares
Packard / Detroit / 26,458,000 / 26,458,000 / / Aircraft Engines, V-1650
and spares, British Money
Packard / Toledo / 8,761,000 / 8,761,000 / / Aircraft engine parts
Packard / Willow Run / 835,000 / 835,000 / / Aircraft engine research
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Cleveland / 100,000 / / 100,000 / Aircraft
Engines
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Kansas City / 85,739,000 / 85,500,000 /
231,000 / R-2800-4 stage C, R-2800-2 Stage C
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / East Hartford / 61,583,000 / 27,624,000 /
35,950,000 / Aircraft Engines, R-975-1-5, R-985-12, R-1340, R-1830-C9G,
T-1830-C5e, R-1830-C4S?
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / East Hartford / 266,000 / 266,000 / /
Aircraft Engines, R-975-1-5, R-985-12, R-1340, R-1830-C9G, T-1830-C5e,
R-1830-C4S?
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / East Longmeadow / 16,485,000 / 16,485,000 /
/ Aircraft engines and parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / East Longmeadow / 165,000 / 165,000 / /
Aircraft engines and parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Manchester / 89,000 / / 89,000 / Aircraft
engine parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Southington / 25,333,000 / 25,306,000 /
27,000 / Aircraft engine parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Southington / 165,000 / 165,000 / / Aircraft
engine parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Willimantic / 16,529,000 / 16,529,000 / /
Aircraft engines and parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Willimantic / 166,000 / 166,000 / / Aircraft
engines and parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Various / 4,388,000 / 4,388,000 / / Aircraft
engines and parts
General Electric / Schenectady / 1,232,000 / 1,232,000 / / Gas Turbines
Figures from Buying Aircraft by Halley, Time and dollar costs encountered
while making 73 modifications to a group of 1,000 P-38,
P-38F-5, 10,450 engineering hours, 6,200 tooling hours, $4,650
P-38G-1, 23,250 engineering hours, 23,760 tooling hours, $18,000
P-38G-3 to 5, 5,000 engineering hours, 4,000 tooling hours, $3,000
P-38G-10, 19,200 engineering hours, 18,480 tooling hours, $13,800
Joe Baugher's web site says 100F-5, 80 G-1, 12 G-3, 68 G-5, 548 G-10, total
958.
B-25 direct engineering hours to give an idea on how often design change
actually was
1940 - 329,415 hours
1941 - 419,060 hours
1942 - 695,488 hours
1943 - 461,213 hours
1944 - 200,321 hours
When the US measured airframe build efficiency in WWII it seems productivity
followed a curve that said it took 16 to 18 man hours per pound of aircraft
for the first production example, dropping to around 7 man hours by aircraft
10, 3 by aircraft 100, 1.2 by aircraft 1000 and 0.52 man hours per airframe
pound by aircraft 10,000.
Australia, NAA: A705 9/84/51 scan 9, cost of aircraft notes a Mustang in
1944 was said to cost 23,000 pounds and 43,250 in 1950, thanks to post war
inflation and the increase in unit overheads from reducing the number built
per month (it also quotes the Beaufort as 61,000 pounds in 1944).
Australian Archives MP450/1 109 Department of Aircraft production costs of
locally made aircraft, in pounds, but the Wirraway and Tiger Moth costs were
shared with the Department of Air and the Beaufighter, Mosquito, Mustang and
Tiger Moth included costs incurred for orders for aircraft that were
cancelled after the end of the war.
Beaufort, 700 built 39,514,089 total cost 56,449 unit cost
Beaufighter, 364 built 19,146,712 total cost 52,601 unit cost
Lincoln, 51 built 7,988,124 total cost 156,630 unit cost (total on order 73)
Wirraway, 755 built 3,951,438 total cost 5,234 unit cost
Boomerang 250 built 4,780,922 total cost 19,124 unit cost
Wackett trainer, 200 built 390,010 total cost 1,950 unit cost
Mustang, 179 built 6,910,696 total cost 38,607 unit cost (total on order
200)
Nene Engine, 13 built 1,402,169 total cost 107,859 unit cost (total on order
156)
Tiger Moth, 1070 built 586,434 total cost 548 unit cost
DH.84 Dragon, 87 built 659,728 total cost 7,583 unit cost
Mosquito, 209 built 17,376,878 total cost 83,143 unit cost
Vampire, 4 built 893,591 total cost 223,398 unit cost (total on order 50)
Glider, 8 built 32,224 total cost 4,028 unit cost
Britain. The Arthur Harris Despatch on War Operations noted it cost a
1,000,000 pounds sterling for a wartime heavy bomber airfield.
British Archives AVIA 15/950
Cancelled orders
No / Factory / Aircraft / Total Cost / Unit Cost
200 / Fairey / Beaufighter / 6,130,000 / 30650
50 / De Havilland / Queen Bee / 75,000 / 1500
6 / Blackburn / Botha / 155,000 / 25833.33
Absorbed from Dominion Orders
4 / / Hurricane / 34,000 / 8500
18 / / Beaufighter / 406,000 / 22555.56
300 / / Whittle / 6,450,000 / 21500
Proposed orders June 1941 (Proctors for RN)
400 / / Lancaster / 17,700,000 / 44250
200 / / Beaufort / 3,640,000 / 18200
1000 / / Spitfire / 10,123,000 / 10123
400 / / Oxford / 2,880,000 / 7200
300 / / Mosquito / 5,685,000 / 18950
250 / / Halifax / 10,938,000 / 43752
200 / / Typhoon / 3,340,000 / 16700
320 / / Stirling / 16,736,000 / 52300
45 / / Sunderland / 2,577,000 / 57266.67
600 / / Warwick / 22,860,000 / 38100
433 / / Wellington / 11,994,000 / 27699.77
300 / / Barracuda / 3,750,000 / 12500
50 / / Proctor / 135,000 / 2700
Orders awaiting review 31 May 1941. Spare engine cost is NOT for one new
engine, rather an allowance for 1 spare engine per X new aircraft.
Company / Aircraft / No / unit cost / Spare engines / Cost+spare / Total
order
Armstrong Whitworth / Lancaster / 200 / 41,400 / 1,750 / 43,150 / 8,630,000
Bristol / Beaufort (Merlin) / 200 / 17,400 / 800 / 18,200 / 3,640,000
Castle Bromwich / Spitfire V or VI / 850 / 9,500 / 450 / 9,950 / 8,457,500
Castle Bromwich / Spitfire III / 150 / 10,500 / 600 / 11,100 / 1,665,000
De Havilland / Oxford / 600 / 6,800 / 400 / 7,200 / 4,320,000
De Havilland / Mosquito / 250 / 18,500 / 450 / 18,950 / 4,737,500
English Electric / Halifax / 200 / 42,000 / 1,750 / 43,750 / 8,750,000
Metropolitan Vickers / Lancaster / 250 / 43,600 / 1,750 / 45,350 /
11,337,500
Short / Stirling I / 120 / 49,800 / 2,500 / 52,300 / 6,276,000
Short Harland / Stirling I / 250 / 49,800 / 2,500 / 52,300 / 13,075,000
Short / Sunderland / 50 / 52,100 / 1,600 / 53,700 / 2,685,000
Short Harland / Sunderland / 25 / 60,100 / 1,600 / 61,700 / 1,542,500
Vickers Blackpool / Warwick / 400 / 36,100 / 2,000 / 38,100 / 15,240,000
Vickers Chester / Warwick / 400 / 36,100 / 2,000 / 38,100 / 15,240,000
Vickers Chester / Wellington / 400 / 26,400 / 1,300 / 27,700 / 11,080,000
Supply Board Memorandum 207/41 aircraft program review. Value is for
cancelled orders, All up +spare engines for current orders.
Aircraft / Company / No / Value / All up + Spare engines / Unit cost
Blenheim / Rootes / 170 / 2,324,000 / / 13670.59
Blenheim / Avro / 622 / 9,260,000 / / 14887.46
Hampden / English Electric / 130 / 3,129,000 / / 24069.23
Manchester / Avro / 500 / 22,568,000 / / 45136
Manchester / Metro-Vickers / 200 / 9,027,000 / / 45135
Lancaster / Avro / 450 / / 19,340,000 / 42977.78
Lancaster / Metro-Vickers / 257 / / 11,204,000 / 43595.33
Halifax / Fairey / 150 / / 6,572,000 / 43813.33333
Wellington / Vickers Blackpool / 250 / 6,875,000 / / 27500
Spitfire / Vickers Supermarine / 120 / 1,406,000 / / 11716.67
Tornado / Avro / 400 / / 5,760,000 / 14400
Typhoon / Hawker / 300 / / 5,010,000 / 16700
Defiant / Boulton Paul / 220 / 4,308,000 / / 19581.82
Mosquito / De Havilland / 50 / / 948,000 / 18960
Sunderland / Shorts Windemere / 25 / / 1,343,000 / 53720
Lysander / Westland / 490 / 5,285,000 / / 10785.71
Firefly / General Aircraft / 200 / 2,610,000 / / 13050
Barracuda / Westland / 250 / 3,360,000 / / 13440
Master / Phillps&Powis Reading / 500 / 3,765,000 / / 7530
Master / Phillps&Powis Doncaster / 300 / 2,259,000 / / 7530
Master / Phillps&Powis S. Marston / 400 / 3,063,000 / / 7657.5
Queen Bee / Morris Motors / 50 / 75,000 / / 1500
Anson / Avro / 700 / 5,688,000 / / 8125.71
AVIA 10/267 As of 22 October 1942 Man hours absorbed in aircraft
Aircraft / Contractor / Date / Man hours / Note
Stirling I / Short Swindon / 201st Aircraft / 129,944 /
Lancaster I / Avro / 201st Aircraft / 74,319 /
Halifax II / Handley page / 201st Aircraft / 98,246 /
Wellington Ic / Vickers Weybridge / 19-Nov-41 / 53,969 /
Blenheim IV / Bristol / 22-Dec-39 / 34,813 /
Beaufighter I / Bristol / 31-Jul-41 / 36,615 /
Beaufighter II / Bristol / 31-Jul-41 / 37,933 /
Hurricane IID / Hawker / 22-Dec-41 / 19,560 /
Spitfire Vc / Supermarine / 23-Apr-42 / 19,086 /
Typhoon Ia / Hawker/Gloster / 26-Jan-42 / 28,756 / Preliminary estimate,
assuming present methods of production
Typhoon Ia / Hawker/Gloster / 10-Jan-42 / 22,349 / Preliminary estimate,
assuming full advantage is taken of best available manufacturing methods
Beaufort I / Bristol / 5-Sep-40 / 40,418 /
Sunderland III / Blackburn Dumbarton / 28-Feb-42 / 123,556 / Preliminary
estimate
Albacode / Fairey (Hayes) / 20-Aug-41 / 24,852 /
Barracuda / Fairey (Stockport) / 15-Jun-42 / 27,052 / Preliminary estimate
Fulmar II / Fairey (Stockport) / 11-Apr-41 / 24,787 /
British Archives AIR 20/1981 has the Hurricane at approximately 8,000 pounds
each in April 1942 and 21,000 pounds for a Beaufighter, and the Kittyhawk
price, including freight from the US, as approximately 15,500 pounds, the
Airacobra 16,700 pounds and Havoc 39,500 pounds. The expected pre war price
for a round trip freight bill for 40 Ansons Britain to Australia and return
(they were chartered and so were expected to return to Britain) came to
about 45,000 Australian pounds, so about 36,000 pounds sterling or 900 UK
pounds per aircraft round trip, so 450 pounds 1 way.
Effort in man hours, Spitfire production, mark / design / jigging and
tooling Figures as of September 1943 for Supermarine works in Southampton.
I / 339,400 / 800,000
II / 9,267 / unknown
III / 91,120 / 75,000
V / 90,000 / 105,000
VI 14,340 / 50,000
IX 43,830 / 30,000
XII / 27,210 / 16,000
VII / 86,150 / 150,000
VIII / 24,970 / 250,000
XIV / 26,120 / 17,000
21 / 168,500 / unknown
PR XI / 12,415 / unknown
Seafire I / 10,130 / 18,000
Seafire II / 3,685 / 40,000
Seafire III / 8,938 / 9,000
Seafire XV / 9,150 / unknown
Spitfire on floats 22,260 / 35,000
Anther aircraft item picked up but no attribution The Blenheim in December
1939 cost 40,600 man hours, 25,510 for the airframe, 7,230 for the engines,
7,860 for the propellers, guns, turrets etc. (military equipment).
Other weapons,
In April 1938 the British presented Australia with a total cost of ownership
of warships, that is running cost, build and modernisation cost, and showed
it as an annual cost, Battleship 706,800 pounds (Nelson class), large
cruiser 323,600 pounds, small cruiser 225,400 pounds, Aircraft carrier with
36 aircraft, 894,000 pounds, with 15 aircraft 514,500 pounds, destroyer
66,000 pounds, 1,000 ton submarine 65,500 pounds. They were pushing the
idea of an RAN battleship, annual cost of aircraft set at 11,500 pounds.
Australian Archives A5954 1024/10.
Australian Archives file A705 201/28/22 Part 1 p163
Cost of radar station in Australian pounds
5000 Site and accommodation and administrative buildings
1000 Technical buildings
7000 Equipment
2000 Power Supplies
3000 Communications (Say 10 miles of telephone line)
18000 Total
The above is probably for an Australian Light Weight Air Warning set (LW/AW)
not the Chain Home which used 350 feet high transmitting and 250 feet high
receiving towers.
Contract prices, pounds, British tanks,
Matilda 18,000
Crusader 13,700
Valentine 14,900
Churchill 11,150
Cromwell 10,000
Man hours per gun and carriage
2 pdr 2682
6 pdr 1293
17 pdr 2726
25 pdr 3085
WO 169/3861 (Eighth Army) G(AFV) Branch dated 'End Sept.' [1942] headed
"Tank Overhaul Programme." It gives the overhaul mileage limit/annual
mileage rate/time in workshops for overhaul (weeks) as:
Crusader 1200 / 3000 / 8
Valentine 2500 / 3000 / 8
Matilda 1000 / 3000 / 8
Stuart 3500 / 3000 / 4
Grant 1500 / 3000 / 8"
In August 1941 the US War Department let a $100-million order for 880 medium
tanks, 2,300 light tanks and 1,090 armoured scout cars. In November
Chrysler was awarded $127 million to expand their facilities and produce
medium tanks. General Motors was awarded $25,780,000 to build the Flint
Arsenal and Ford was awarded $39-million for the building the Grand Blanc
Arsenal.
In September 1942 the 8th Report of the Army Service Forces Army Supply
Plan, including the then current estimated costs, on "important" items of
equipment. US prices are for the tank without armament and usually without
the various items that were added as stowed equipment prior to unit issue.
Tank, Light, M3, M3A1, M5, M5A1 - $50,000
Tank Medium, M3 and M4 - $82,723
Tank, Heavy (undesignated) - $152,346
Gun, Tank, 37mm M5 and M6 - $1,425
Gun, Tank, 57mm - $5,500
Gun, Tank, 75mm M2 and M3 - $3,350
Gun, Tank, 76mm M1 - $3,500
Gun, Tank, 3" Heavy - $8,600
To compare the gun prices to the guns with carriage for use as antitank
guns:
37mm - $3,480
57mm - $9,420
76mm - $21,300
Others are:
Gun, 40mm AA, mobile - $17,830
Gun, 3" AA, mobile - $37,500
Gun, 90mm AA, mobile - $43,800
Gun, 90mm AA, fixed Anti-MTB Mount - $23,000
Gun, 4.7" (120mm) AA, mobile - $151,000
Machine gun cost estimates were:
MG, calibre .30, M191A4 (fixed and flexible) - $350
MG, calibre .50, M2 HB (fixed and flexible) - $1,050
The "Gun, Tank 3" Heavy" was a "one-off" adaptation of the old 3" AA gun and
only seven were completed. The 76mm AT gun was the designation for an
uncompleted design study for a completely new weapon.
A summary of equipment costs dated 29 April 1944 gives the following
representative costs:
Tank, Light, M5 and M5A1 - $37,560
Tank, Medium, M4 - $58,197
Tank, Heavy (undesignated) - $325,368
The "Tank, Heavy" was the M1, later re-designated as the M6. Only 40 were
completed.
Aircraft Cannon, 75mm - $4,500
Gun, 40mm AA, with carriage - $13,100
Machinegun, calibre .30 - $147
Machinegun, calibre .50 - $323
Unit prices given for VJ-Day 1945 in a 1951 Army summary of costs were:
Tank, Medium, M4A3 - $47,339
Tank, Medium, M4A1 - $55,145
Tank, Light, M24 - $39,652
Tank, Medium M26 - $81,324
The following is taken from the 1944/45 Australian yearbook, production
costs of manufacture in Australia, lowest price obtained during the war.
Note the original table was in pounds, shillings and pence, I have converted
it to dollars following the rules used when Australia converted to decimal
currency in the 1960s. The decimal currency conversion rules were 1 pound
equals 2 dollars, 12 pence equals 10 cents. I think it was 1 pence equalled
1 cent, 2 pence equalled 2 cents, 3 and 4 pence equalled 3 cents, 5 pence =
4 cents, 6 pence = 5 cents, with a similar arrangement for 7 to 12 pence
equalling 6 to 10 cents. So the prices below have to be multiplied by
between 1.5 and 2 in order to put them into US dollars at the then rate of
exchange. The average weekly wage at the time was around $12.
$3,000.00 Machine gun carrier L.P. number 2
$12,000.00 3.7 inch AA gun, ordnance and mounting
$9,000.00 25 pounder gun, ordnance, carriage and trailer
$6,600.00 25 pounder short gun, ordnance and carriage
$8,000.00 17 pounder gun, ordnance and carriage
$8,000.00 4 inch naval gun mark XIX including mounting
$3,500.00 2 pounder AT gun, ordnance and carriage
$300.00 3 inch mortar
$218.00 Vickers machine gun, excluding mounting
$292.00 Bren Machine gun, excluding mounting
$24.70 0.303 inch rifle
$2.31 Bayonet
$0.97 Scabbard
Ammunition, filled and packed unless otherwise stated.
$0.0188 0.303 inch ball bullet (or 1.88 cents)
$0.0392 0.303 inch tracer bullet
$0.0363 0.303 inch armour piercing
$0.0483 0.303 inch incendiary
$0.0142 9 mm bullet
$1.58 20 mm HE Hispano shell
$1.73 20 mm HE Oerlikon shell
$5.37 Cartridge, Q.F. HE 18 pounder shell S.L.
$14.31 Cartridge, Q.F. 3.7 inch gun HE shell
$6.75 Cartridge, Q.F. 6 pounder, 7 hundredweight, AP shot
$25.05 Cartridge, Q.F. 4 inch mark XIX gun, HE shell (plugged)
$32.15 Cartridge, Q.F. 4 inch mark XIX gun, star shell (plugged)
$5.43 Cartridge, Q.F. 2 pounder, HE shell high velocity, includes link
belting
$4.76 Cartridge, Q.F. 2 pounder, HE shell low velocity, includes link
belting
$2.54 Cartridge, Q.F. 25 pounder
$5.00 Shell, Q.F. HE 25 pounder S.L. (Fused 117)
$2.23 Cartridge, Q.F. 4.5 inch howitzer
$6.64 Shell Q.F. HE 4.5 inch howitzer fused
$5.97 Shell, smoke 4.5 inch howitzer (plugged)
$2.26 Cartridge B.L. 6 inch howitzer.
$13.30 Shell, B.L., HE, S.L., 6 inch howitzer (filled, plugged and
grummeted)
$5.56 Cartridge B.L. 6 inch gun, cordite S.C, 103 Mark I foil, 11 lb 10.5 oz
$14.66 Cartridge B.L. 6 inch gun, cordite S.C, 150 Mark I foil, 33 lb 12
drms.
$45.39 Shell B.L., CPBC, 6 inch gun mark XXXIB (filled, plugged, grummeted)
$13.71 Shell B.L., HE, 6 inch gun mark XXVIIIB (filled, plugged, grummeted)
$5.08 Cartridge, B.L., 60 pounder
$9.45 Shell B.L. HE 60 pounder (filled, plugged, grummeted)
$2.92 Bomb, M.L. 2 inch mortar HE
$3.99 Bomb, M.L. 3 inch mortar HE 10 pound (fused 152)
$12.45 Bomb, S.B.B.L. 4.2 inch mortar HE
$0.50 Grenade, hand, number 36M
$0.78 Grenade, rifle, number 36M
$0.68 Grenade, number 63
$2.48 Grenade, number 69
$2.60 Grenade, number 73
$1.83 Grenade, number 77
$4.47 contact AT mine mark II
$2.55 contact AT mine mark V
$48.94 Bomb, Aircraft, HE Anti submarine, 250 pound
$32.20 Bomb, Aircraft, HE general purpose 250 pound
$1.41 Bomb, Aircraft, practice 8.5 pound
$42.20 Depth Charge case filled with Amatol
$18.40 Depth Charge pistol
$5.30 Depth Charge primer
$1.03 Depth Charge detonator
$188.00 Naval mine (empty)
$0.35 signal cartridge, 1.5 inch, red
$0.35 signal cartridge, 1.5 inch, green
$28.00 Aircraft 4.5 inch reconnaissance flare
$3.25 Landing wing tip flare
$8.25 Marker, sea, aluminium
$7.40 marine signal, distress
$24.07 smoke float.
In the book Panzertruppen by Jentz, in one of the pre war reports on
performance of the various German tanks it makes the point a Panzer III at
150,000 Reichmarks cost 3 times the price of a Panzer I, so was it better to
have the three or the one? Machine tools to convert a factory from another
tank to Panzer III production are costed at 20,000,000 Reichmarks, another
thing to consider when chopping and changing the tank orders, on top of the
loss of production during the change over.
The US Maritime Commission notes the average price for a Liberty ship was
$1,822,000 per shipsworth, where a shipsworth equals 1 if the ship was fully
completed and a fraction if delivered incomplete. There were 20 yards that
built Liberty Ships, lowest average cost yard was $1,544,000 highest was
$3,923,000.
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collection of figures and show plenty of variation. Things like whether
spare parts are included, if a company is making more than one product how
things like head office costs are allocated, whether depreciation of the
building etc. is included.
In April 1938 the British calculated the total cost of ownership of a naval
aircraft, that is purchase, running and modernisation cost, as 11,500 pounds
per year, which meant it was about 6 aircraft to the destroyer.
Australian Archives MP450/1 109 Detailed break down of Beaufort costs, per
aircraft in Australian pounds.
Tooling 1,895, preliminary expenses 532, Improvements and extensions to
properties 893 (Railways 554, Holden 186, other contractors 10, stores,
flight field and plants 143), Plant, machinery and equipment 1,136, office
furniture 168, which gives a total of 4,623 of establishment costs per
aircraft.
Newport Workshop 1,477 (Labor 622, overhead 693, sub contract 162), Chullora
Workshop 2,019 (Labor 734, overhead 1,155, sub contract 130), Islington
Workshop 1,342 (Labor 516, overhead 745, sub contract 81),
Assembly Workshops Mascot/Fishermans Bend 2,510 (Labor 1,038, overhead
1,472), Holden production cost per aircraft set 2,321, Richards Industries
production cost per aircraft set 292, freight 350, central office overhead
3,224, Materials (including sub contractors' costs other than Holden or
Richards Industries) Holden 821 (746 plus 75 for ten percent allowance),
Richards Industries 44 (40 plus 4 for ten percent allowance), Newport (795
plus 79 for ten percent allowance), Chullora (2,780 plus 278 for ten percent
allowance), Islington 1,407 (1,279 plus 128 for ten percent allowance),
Assembly (4,446 plus 445 for ten percent allowance). Appendix A equipment
including gun turret 2,627 (Which gives the airframe cost as 27,257),
Engines and Propellers (Overseas costs, Wasp engines and Curtiss propellers)
12,546 (Which gives total aircraft cost of 39,803). So 39,803 plus 4,623
gives total costs per completed aircraft as 44,426 pounds. The above
excluding license fees.
Firstly some US data. Ford Willow run used more tooling and so less man
hours but costs about the same, for a variety of reasons including the
frequent design changes.
Aircraft Unit costs, US Archives RG18 E 10 B 68, CF Contractor Furnished,
GFE Government Furnished Equipment
Date / Model / Airframe / Engines(s) / Propeller(s) / GFE / Ordnance /
Communications / Total / Notes
28-Feb-43 / B-29 / $362,347 / $101,685 / $10,328 / $125,341 /
$4,836 / $34,738 / $639,275 / Costs based on weighted average of
uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-32 / $522,613 / $101,685 / $23,310 / $68,947 / $3,247
/ $34,150 / $753,952 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-17 / $111,443 / $34,287 / $3,400 / $45,606 / $4,595
/ $9,040 / $208,371 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-24 / $115,338 / $32,659 / $4,220 / $49,781 / $3,205
/ $8,474 / $213,677 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-25 / $59,358 / $29,131 / $3,071 / $19,805 / $4,147 /
$8,337 / $123,849 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-26 / $106,677 / $43,171 / $14,110 / $21,647 / $3,547
/ $7,749 / $196,901 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / B-34 / $108,558 / $44,000 / $5,000 / $29,449 / CF /
$1,250 / $188,257 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-20 / $44,366 / $30,795 / $4,428 / $18,364 / $2,345 /
$3,813 / $104,111 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-26 / $106,807 / $33,466 / $3,700 / $29,277 / $14,067
/ $3,948 / $191,265 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / A-28 / $93,725 / $19,634 / $5,000 / $9,038 / $- /
$250 / $127,647 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-29 / $91,688 / $23,000 / $5,000 / $9,038 / $2,093 /
$250 / $131,069 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-30 / $103,962 / $29,104 / $4,668 / $3,712 / $2,737 /
$6,777 / $150,960 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-24 / $33,172 / $9,103 / $1,739 / $1,997 / $1,640 /
$4,800 / $52,451 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-25 / $67,492 / $13,559 / $3,988 / $1,997 / $2,240 /
$3,500 / $92,776 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-31 / $67,230 / $13,859 / $2,330 / $1,863 / $1,978 /
$250 / $87,510 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-35 / $36,874 / $13,351 / $2,353 / $3,026 / $2,270 /
$3,911 / $61,785 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / A-36 (P-51) / $36,706 / $12,000 / $3,680 / $2,670 /
$2,632 / $2,516 / $60,204 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-38 / $74,536 / $18,866 / $5,270 / $5,293 / $2,405 /
$3,631 / $110,001 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-59 / $157,295 / $75,000 / $- / $2,001 / $4,034 /
$2,864 / $241,194 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-61 / $154,899 / $44,714 / $6,352 / $14,507 / $4,684
/ $19,758 / $244,914 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-70 / $79,865 / $29,372 / $5,186 / $24,052 / $1,341 /
$3,260 / $143,076 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-82 / $86,540 / $36,000 / $7,471 / $3,967 / $1,870 /
$1,545 / $137,393 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-39 / $24,866 / $12,545 / $3,256 / $2,673 / $4,712 /
$2,633 / $50,685 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-40 / $26,709 / $7,714 / $2,635 / $2,068 / $2,646 /
$2,904 / $44,676 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-43 / $54,907 / $12,635 / $4,500 / $5,231 / $2,490 /
$3,160 / $82,923 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-47 / $47,796 / $22,608 / $5,975 / $5,651 / $2,527 /
$3,295 / $87,852 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-51 / $23,583 / $17,558 / $3,740 / $2,649 / $1,905 /
$2,780 / $52,215 / Merlin Versions. Costs based on weighted average of
uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-63 / $28,049 / $13,183 / $3,540 / $3,693 / $4,296 /
$2,640 / $55,401 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-66 / $70,503 / $17,509 / CF / CF / No info. /
$3,160 / $91,172 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / P-75 / $82,863 / $31,420 / $9,083 / $2,788 / $4,366 /
$3,688 / $134,208 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / P-80 / $75,913 / $30,000 / $- / $2,944 / $1,897 /
$2,317 / $113,071 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / F-3 (A-20) / $103,627 / $29,372 / $5,186 / $20,207 /
$1,341 / $3,260 / $162,993 / Costs based on weighted average of
uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / F-11 / $447,770 / $110,000 / $25,000 / $10,647 / $15 /
$10,500 / $603,932 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / OA-10 (PBY) / $216,250 / CF / CF / $559 / $- / CF /
$216,809 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / OA-11 / $175,000 / CF / CF / CF / $- / $- /
$175,000 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / OA-12 (J2F) / $69,000 / CF / CF / CF / $- / $- /
$69,000 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / TO-50 / $48,431 / CF / $250 / $919 / $26 / $1,200 /
$50,826 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / O-52 / $24,558 / $6,000 / $1,575 / $4,780 / $697 /
$4,930 / $42,540 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-54 / $243,277 / $50,186 / $5,200 / $10,888 / $113 /
$7,995 / $317,659 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-69 / $488,477 / $95,643 / $6,360 / $10,788 / $15 /
$7,067 / $608,350 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-74 / $949,485 / $220,000 / $12,200 / $19,698 / $15 /
$6,761 / $1,208,159 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-87 / $161,800 / $35,933 / $9,840 / $21,111 / $484 /
$6,935 / $236,103 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-45 / $34,963 / $8,917 / $1,892 / $4,027 / No info. /
$3,670 / $53,469 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-46 / $174,660 / $28,080 / $9,630 / $8,600 / $13 /
$9,277 / $230,260 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-47 / $49,719 / $13,650 / $2,640 / $8,029 / $14 /
$14,575 / $88,627 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-48 / $91,000 / $30,000 / $4,594 / $413 / $30 /
$8,460 / $134,497 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-49 / $136,997 / CF / CF / $1,844 / $15 / $8,811 /
$147,667 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-50 / $95,381 / $19,104 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $127,653 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-51 / $100,689 / $18,324 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $132,181 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-52 / $105,973 / $24,780 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $143,921 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-53 / $142,231 / CF / CF / $1,844 / $15 / $6,380 /
$150,470 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-55 / $353,707 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$361,556 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-56 / $108,797 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / No info. /
$108,797 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-57 / $112,377 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / No info. /
$112,377 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-59 / $92,833 / $17,000 / CF / CF / $- / $250 /
$110,083 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-60 / $79,644 / $18,057 / $4,472 / $4,038 / $15 /
$6,942 / $113,168 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-68 / $139,966 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$147,815 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-76 / $137,125 / $14,690 / $5,950 / $9,280 / $15 /
$7,100 / $174,160 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-78 / $16,873 / $5,852 / $1,988 / $2,657 / $15 /
$6,348 / $33,733 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-82 / $427,244 / $36,000 / $3,880 / $8,592 / $15 /
$6,415 / $482,146 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / C-43 / $18,732 / $5,074 / $1,104 / $1,162 / $- /
$1,260 / $27,332 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-61 / $9,464 / $4,093 / CF / $207 / $- / $2,209 /
$15,973 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / C-64 / $24,839 / $5,869 / $855 / $2,134 / $10 /
$1,544 / $35,251 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / AT-7 / $41,719 / $14,519 / $2,050 / $8,250 / $- /
$3,671 / $70,209 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-8 / $25,646 / $7,438 / $1,932 / $5,455 / $- /
$1,230 / $41,701 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-9 / $27,603 / $6,947 / $1,700 / $7,042 / $- /
$1,100 / $44,392 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-10 / $29,600 / $7,534 / $1,665 / $5,271 / $- /
$925 / $44,995 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-11 / $36,447 / $14,519 / $1,965 / $8,250 / $650 /
$2,636 / $64,467 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-17 / $17,383 / $5,852 / $354 / $2,781 / $- /
$1,100 / $27,470 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-18 / $82,309 / $18,339 / $4,600 / $7,863 / $1,025 /
$6,586 / $120,722 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-20 / $44,737 / CF / CF / CF / $- / No info. /
$44,737 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-21 / $60,715 / $24,292 / $1,740 / $8,473 / $1,025 /
$2,829 / $99,074 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-6 / $11,500 / $5,869 / $853 / $2,409 / $270 /
$1,318 / $22,219 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted
contracts
28-Feb-43 / AT-16 / $18,594 / $5,880 / $1,068 / $1,874 / $- / CF
/ $27,416 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / AT-19 / $17,736 / $3,470 / $850 / $440 / $- / No
info. / $22,496 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / BT-12 / $29,159 / $8,558 / $900 / $2,335 / $- /
$1,385 / $42,337 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / BT-13 / $7,076 / $7,260 / $900 / $2,360 / $- / $1,352
/ $18,948 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / BT-15 / $13,778 / $5,542 / $900 / $2,313 / $- /
$1,356 / $23,889 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-13 / $6,045 / $4,227 / $645 / $1,374 / $- / $- /
$12,291 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / PT-17 / $5,530 / $2,350 / $357 / $602 / $- / $97 /
$8,936 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-18 / $5,943 / $2,400 / $377 / $1,099 / $- / $- /
$9,819 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-19 / $8,107 / $3,317 / $150 / $429 / $- / $97 /
$12,100 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-22 / $8,226 / CF / CF / $247 / $- / $- / $8,473 /
Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-23 / $11,059 / $3,316 / $215 / $755 / $- / $97 /
$15,442 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-24 / $5,133 / Brit. Fr. / CF / CF / $- / $83 / $5,216
/ Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-26 / $10,285 / $3,187 / $150 / $1,347 / $- / $83
/ $15,052 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / PT-27 / $5,341 / $2,678 / CF / CF / $- / $83 /
$8,102 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-1 / $20,368 / $3,860 / $1,125 / $1,191 / $26 /
$1,200 / $27,770 / Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-2 / $2,667 / CF / CF / $84 / $- / $247 / $2,998
/ Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-3 / $2,138 / CF / CF / $11 / $- / $247 / $2,396
/ Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-4 / $2,227 / CF / CF / $152 / $- / $247 / $2,626
/ Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / L-5 / $6,164 / $1,956 / $352 / $427 / $10 / $263 /
$9,172 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / L-6 / $6,054 / CF / CF / $11 / $- / $61 / $6,126 /
Total in table minus Comms cost. Costs based on final production contract
28-Feb-43 / R-4 / $39,317 / $3,401 / $- / $667 / $- / $229 /
$43,614 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / R-5 / $50,600 / $7,259 / $- / $1,208 / $10 / $1,460
/ $60,537 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
28-Feb-43 / R-6 / $41,222 / $4,663 / $- / $1,153 / $10 / $1,152
/ $48,200 / Costs based on weighted average of uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-29 / $434,512 / $101,877 / $13,628 / $124,787 /
$5,531 / $34,738 / $715,073 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-32 / $522,816 / $101,877 / $24,892 / $71,208 / $4,624
/ $34,150 / $759,567 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-17 / $125,464 / $34,875 / $6,487 / $46,413 / $5,686
/ $9,040 / $227,965 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-24 / $114,951 / $34,497 / $8,663 / $48,288 / $4,505
/ $8,474 / $219,378 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-25 / $89,920 / $29,131 / $3,071 / $19,703 / $5,837 /
$8,337 / $155,999 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / B-26 / $110,260 / $43,171 / $14,110 / $21,647 / $5,028
/ $7,749 / $201,965 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / A-26 / $116,760 / $34,194 / $3,034 / $29,488 / $13,213
/ $3,939 / $200,628 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-38 / $74,673 / $18,867 / $5,270 / $6,199 / $2,901 /
$3,631 / $111,541 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-59 / $129,296 / $75,000 / $- / $2,001 / $4,034 /
$2,864 / $213,195 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-61 / $147,960 / $44,729 / $9,720 / $17,611 / $6,245
/ $19,758 / $246,023 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-82 / $86,540 / $36,000 / $9,200 / $3,229 / $444 /
$1,545 / $136,958 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-47 / $49,420 / $22,608 / $5,257 / $5,210 / $3,506 /
$3,295 / $89,296 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-51 / $25,795 / $17,558 / $2,555 / $2,234 / $2,559 /
$2,780 / $53,481 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-63 / $29,194 / $13,183 / $3,282 / $3,373 / $5,140 /
$2,638 / $56,810 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-75 / $82,863 / $31,420 / $9,083 / $2,788 / $4,366 /
$3,688 / $134,208 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / P-80 / $55,845 / $55,000 / $- / $3,035 / $2,632 /
$3,500 / $120,012 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / YP-60 / $1,293,710 / $24,868 / $6,881 / $2,722 / $1,784
/ $4,673 / $1,334,638 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / F-11 / $447,770 / $110,000 / $25,000 / $10,647 / $15 /
$10,500 / $603,932 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / OA-10 (PBY) / $216,058 / CF / CF / $559 / $- / CF /
$216,617 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-54 / $256,186 / $58,094 / $6,287 / $9,949 / $15 /
$7,637 / $338,168 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-69 / $534,707 / $95,678 / $6,360 / $7,736 / $15 /
$7,067 / $651,563 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-74 / $949,740 / $92,379 / $12,200 / $27,356 / $15 /
$6,761 / $1,088,451 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-45 / $36,585 / $10,705 / $2,050 / $4,894 / $- /
$3,671 / $57,905 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-46 / $174,696 / $31,748 / $12,244 / $8,785 / $15 /
$9,277 / $236,765 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-47 / $53,490 / $13,733 / $3,028 / $7,805 / $15 /
$15,220 / $93,291 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-82 / $427,244 / $31,748 / $3,880 / $8,205 / $15 /
$6,415 / $477,507 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / C-64 / $24,839 / $5,933 / $1,055 / $2,056 / $14 /
$1,544 / $35,441 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / AT-6 / $13,100 / $5,933 / $1,050 / $2,501 / $700 /
$1,318 / $24,602 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / L-4 / $2,210 / CF / CF / $150 / $- / $247 / $2,607 /
Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / L-5 / $6,199 / $1,956 / $149 / $445 / $27 / $263 /
$9,039 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / R-4 / $39,152 / $3,401 / $- / $667 / $- / $229 /
$43,449 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / R-5 / $50,586 / $7,259 / $- / $1,152 / $14 / $1,460
/ $60,471 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
30-Nov-44 / R-6 / $41,145 / $4,663 / $- / $1,019 / $14 / $1,152
/ $47,993 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-29 / $469,269 / $100,406 / $12,433 / $125,863 /
$5,526 / $34,738 / $748,235 / Airframe and engine costs subject to
revision. Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-32 / $522,661 / $100,406 / $20,841 / $66,491 / $4,624
/ $34,150 / $749,173 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-17 / $129,150 / $35,521 / $11,247 / $47,425 / $5,966
/ $9,040 / $238,349 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-24 / $138,585 / $33,363 / $13,004 / $47,956 / $4,520
/ $8,474 / $245,902 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-25 / $94,229 / $29,104 / $5,096 / $15,392 / $10,827
/ $8,337 / $162,985 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / B-26 / $120,048 / $43,171 / $14,145 / $20,169 / $5,296
/ $7,749 / $210,578 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / A-20 / $61,510 / $29,945 / $4,388 / $14,155 / $3,204 /
$3,813 / $117,015 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / A-26 / $112,214 / $33,838 / $5,096 / $29,487 / $13,213
/ $3,939 / $197,787 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-38 / $70,168 / $19,344 / $5,386 / $6,383 / $2,914 /
$3,631 / $107,826 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-59 / $128,961 / $75,000 / $- / $2,169 / $3,984 /
$2,864 / $212,978 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-82 / $86,540 / $36,000 / $4,600 / $3,229 / $444 /
$1,545 / $132,358 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-39 / $26,471 / $12,545 / $3,750 / $2,673 / $4,712 /
$2,633 / $52,784 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-40 / $26,352 / $10,503 / $3,110 / $2,068 / $2,646 /
$2,904 / $47,583 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-47 / $55,783 / $23,852 / $6,960 / $5,357 / $3,506 /
$2,948 / $98,406 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-51 / $27,889 / $17,545 / $4,391 / $2,236 / $2,574 /
$2,780 / $57,415 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-72 / $153,672 / $6,500 / $11,000 / $2,910 / $2,594 /
$2,836 / $179,512 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-75 / $83,585 / $31,420 / $9,500 / $2,839 / $4,366 /
$3,688 / $135,398 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / P-80 / $55,845 / $55,000 / $- / $3,035 / $2,632 /
$3,500 / $120,012 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / F-11 / $447,620 / $55,000 / $25,000 / $10,647 / $15 /
$10,500 / $548,782 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / OA-10 (PBY) / $216,250 / CF / CF / CF / $- / CF / $216,250
/ Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-54 / $250,515 / $59,398 / $8,729 / $9,762 / $15 /
$7,918 / $336,337 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-69 / $534,367 / $92,892 / $14,073 / $7,736 / $15 /
$7,067 / $656,150 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-74 / $949,740 / $92,379 / $12,200 / $27,356 / $15 /
$6,761 / $1,088,451 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-87 / $155,000 / $28,334 / $9,840 / $22,811 / $15 /
$6,935 / $222,935 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-45 / $38,764 / $14,519 / $4,100 / $5,292 / $- /
$3,670 / $66,345 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-46 / $189,865 / $31,748 / $13,966 / $9,814 / $15 /
$9,277 / $254,685 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-47 / $61,062 / $18,707 / $3,804 / $8,160 / $15 /
$14,574 / $106,322 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-82 / $427,244 / $31,748 / $3,880 / $8,205 / $15 /
$6,415 / $477,507 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / UC-61 / $9,394 / $3,187 / $150 / $207 / $- / $2,209
/ $15,147 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / C-64 / $26,521 / $5,769 / $1,062 / $2,056 / $14 /
$1,544 / $36,966 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / AT-7 / $41,275 / $10,286 / $2,050 / $8,250 / $- /
$2,299 / $64,160 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / AT-21 / $62,389 / $24,292 / $1,844 / $8,457 / $1,025 /
$2,758 / $100,765 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / AT-6 / $12,970 / $6,122 / $1,068 / $2,986 / $676 /
$1,318 / $25,140 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / AT-19 / $17,736 / $3,805 / $905 / $440 / $- / No info.
/ $22,886 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / L-4 / $2,277 / CF / CF / $150 / $- / $247 / $2,674 /
Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / L-5 / $6,359 / $1,956 / $149 / $463 / $26 / $263 /
$9,216 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / R-4 / $39,152 / $3,406 / $- / $667 / $- / $229 /
$43,454 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / R-5 / $50,586 / $7,259 / $- / $1,152 / $14 / $1,460
/ $60,471 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / R-6 / $41,142 / $4,663 / $- / $1,019 / $14 / $1,152
/ $47,990 / Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Aug-44 / CG-4A / $21,317 / $- / $- / $1,123 / $- / $155 /
$22,595 / 15 place. Costs based on uncompleted contracts
31-Jul-44 / B-29 / $478,180 / $100,406 / $12,181 / $125,919 /
$5,525 / $34,738 / $756,949 / Costs are weighted average of all Army
contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-32 / $540,305 / $100,406 / $18,000 / $68,734 / $4,624
/ $34,150 / $766,219 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-17 / $157,484 / $37,480 / $11,755 / $48,939 / $5,999
/ $10,305 / $271,962 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-24 / $169,452 / $36,539 / $12,899 / $49,034 / $4,726
/ $9,752 / $282,402 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-25 / $93,690 / $29,589 / $5,201 / $20,514 / $8,041 /
$8,899 / $165,934 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-26 / $140,735 / $48,097 / $13,999 / $22,041 / $5,059
/ $12,590 / $242,521 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / B-34 / $108,558 / $44,000 / $5,000 / $29,449 / CF /
$1,250 / $188,257 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-20 / $75,448 / $26,333 / $5,020 / $9,920 / $3,768 /
$3,828 / $124,317 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-26 / $112,264 / $33,838 / $5,096 / $29,488 / $13,213
/ $3,939 / $197,838 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-28 / $91,499 / $19,634 / $5,000 / $9,038 / $- /
$250 / $125,421 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-29 / $89,262 / $21,653 / $5,000 / $9,038 / $2,093 /
$250 / $127,296 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-30 / $110,586 / $28,427 / $4,664 / $3,250 / $2,773 /
$3,583 / $153,283 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-24 / $35,922 / $8,971 / $1,739 / $2,876 / $1,720 /
$5,197 / $56,425 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-25 / $67,492 / $14,001 / $3,988 / $6,692 / $2,303 /
$3,818 / $98,294 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-31 / $65,852 / $17,990 / $2,330 / $1,863 / $1,978 /
$250 / $90,263 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-35 / $56,166 / $14,552 / $2,353 / $3,026 / $2,270 /
$3,911 / $82,278 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / A-36 (P-51) / $36,706 / $12,000 / $3,680 / $2,670 /
$2,632 / $2,516 / $60,204 / Costs are weighted average of all Army
contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-38 / $73,607 / $21,096 / $5,822 / $7,748 / $3,531 /
$3,873 / $115,677 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-59 / $128,961 / $75,000 / $- / $2,169 / $3,984 /
$2,864 / $212,978 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-61 / $191,831 / $49,392 / $11,841 / $18,144 / $6,308
/ $19,918 / $297,434 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-70 / $79,865 / $29,372 / $5,186 / $24,052 / $1,341 /
$3,260 / $143,076 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-82 / $86,540 / $36,000 / $4,600 / $3,229 / $444 /
$1,545 / $132,358 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-39 / $32,824 / $13,518 / $4,972 / $2,907 / $5,767 /
$4,305 / $64,293 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-40 / $29,515 / $13,905 / $3,266 / $2,325 / $3,237 /
$3,720 / $55,968 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-47 / $61,699 / $24,313 / $6,922 / $5,767 / $3,504 /
$3,303 / $105,508 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-51 / $28,984 / $17,328 / $4,887 / $2,322 / $2,493 /
$2,830 / $58,844 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-63 / $28,551 / $13,944 / $5,238 / $2,984 / $4,969 /
$2,636 / $58,322 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-72 / $153,672 / $6,500 / $11,000 / $2,910 / $2,594 /
$2,836 / $179,512 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / P-75 / $83,585 / $31,420 / $9,500 / $2,839 / $4,366 /
$3,688 / $135,398 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / F-3 (A-20) / $103,627 / $29,372 / $5,186 / $20,207 /
$1,341 / $3,260 / $162,993 / Costs are weighted average of all Army
contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / O-52 / $24,558 / $6,000 / $1,575 / $4,780 / $697 /
$4,930 / $42,540 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / OA-10 (PBY) / $158,941 / $25,269 / in GFE / $24,975 /
$3,174 / $10,440 / $222,799 / Costs are weighted average of all Army
contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-54 / $262,501 / $59,639 / $9,468 / $9,804 / $15 /
$7,824 / $349,251 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-69 / $534,331 / $92,892 / $15,120 / $7,736 / $15 /
$7,067 / $657,161 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-74 / $949,740 / $92,379 / $12,200 / $27,356 / $15 /
$6,761 / $1,088,451 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-87 / $196,474 / $31,517 / $9,840 / $22,099 / $211 /
$6,935 / $267,076 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-46 / $197,639 / $33,772 / $13,821 / $9,981 / $15 /
$9,315 / $264,543 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-47 / $73,749 / $17,428 / $4,616 / $5,707 / $16 /
$16,508 / $118,024 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts
from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-48 / $91,229 / $30,000 / $4,594 / $413 / $30 /
$8,460 / $134,726 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-49 / $104,870 / $25,269 / $4,594 / $1,854 / $15 /
$8,559 / $145,161 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-50 / $97,273 / $23,067 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $133,508 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-51 / $100,689 / $18,324 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $132,181 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-52 / $105,052 / $24,780 / $4,594 / $725 / No info. /
$7,849 / $143,000 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-53 / $107,124 / $22,431 / $4,627 / $3,096 / $26 /
$7,392 / $144,696 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-55 / $353,707 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$361,556 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-56 / $106,681 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$114,530 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-57 / $103,314 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $8,136 /
$111,450 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-59 / $92,833 / $17,000 / CF / CF / $- / $250 /
$110,083 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-60 / $91,978 / $18,264 / $4,076 / $2,805 / $15 /
$5,396 / $122,534 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-68 / $139,966 / CF / CF / CF / No info. / $7,849 /
$147,815 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-76 / $135,489 / $14,690 / $5,950 / $9,280 / $15 /
$7,100 / $172,524 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-82 / $427,244 / $31,748 / $3,880 / $8,205 / $15 /
$6,415 / $477,507 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-45 / $39,667 / $14,478 / $3,231 / $5,257 / $30 /
$3,655 / $66,318 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-78 / $16,818 / $5,919 / $1,988 / $2,709 / $15 /
$6,348 / $33,797 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / C-43 / $18,687 / $6,000 / $1,104 / $896 / $- / $- /
$26,687 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-61 / $7,611 / $3,419 / $150 / $258 / $- / $2,209 /
$13,647 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / C-64 / $26,336 / $5,892 / $1,062 / $2,052 / $15 /
$1,544 / $36,901 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-7 / $43,504 / $11,767 / $2,096 / $7,823 / $- /
$2,850 / $68,040 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-8 / $25,646 / $7,438 / $1,932 / $5,455 / $- /
$1,230 / $41,701 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-9 / $27,927 / $7,134 / $1,777 / $6,602 / $- /
$1,143 / $44,583 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-10 / $26,886 / $7,702 / $1,957 / $5,577 / $- /
$1,543 / $43,665 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-11 / $47,429 / $10,819 / $2,098 / $17,601 / $688 /
$1,541 / $80,176 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-17 / $20,968 / $6,530 / $361 / $3,247 / $- /
$1,432 / $32,538 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-18 / $83,890 / $18,666 / $4,600 / $6,279 / $987 /
$6,586 / $121,008 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-20 / $44,737 / CF / CF / CF / $- / No info. / $44,737 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-21 / $62,381 / $24,292 / $1,844 / $8,458 / $1,025 /
$2,756 / $100,756 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-6 / $14,188 / $6,187 / $1,068 / $3,107 / $706 /
$1,595 / $26,851 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / AT-16 / $18,565 / $6,262 / $1,192 / $1,476 / $- / CF /
$27,495 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / AT-19 / $22,793 / $5,338 / $1,320 / $3,041 / $- /
$1,230 / $33,722 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / BT-12 / $29,159 / $8,558 / $900 / $2,335 / $- /
$1,385 / $42,337 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / BT-13 / $12,657 / $6,838 / $901 / $2,630 / $- /
$1,363 / $24,389 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / BT-15 / $13,741 / $5,504 / $903 / $2,430 / $- /
$1,350 / $23,928 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-13 / $6,054 / $3,178 / $553 / $1,180 / $- / $- /
$10,965 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / PT-17 / $5,756 / $2,393 / $373 / $829 / $- / $96 /
$9,447 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-18 / $5,943 / $2,400 / $377 / $1,099 / $- / $- /
$9,819 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-19 / $7,340 / $3,316 / $150 / $440 / $- / $97 /
$11,343 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / PT-22 / $8,729 / CF / CF / $240 / $- / $- / $8,969 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-23 / $10,632 / $3,231 / $187 / $870 / $- / $97 /
$15,017 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / PT-24 / $5,133 / Brit. Fr. / CF / CF / $- / $83 / $5,216
/ Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / PT-26 / $9,668 / $3,192 / $150 / $1,289 / $- / $91 /
$14,390 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / PT-27 / $5,341 / 2678 / CF / CF / $- / $83 / $8,102 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-1 / $18,341 / $3,647 / $1,031 / $1,175 / $26 /
$1,200 / $25,420 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-2 / $2,615 / CF / CF / $60 / $- / $247 / $2,922 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-3 / $2,188 / CF / CF / $49 / $- / $247 / $2,484 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-4 / $2,140 / CF / CF / $114 / $- / $247 / $2,501 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-5 / $6,763 / $1,958 / $149 / $454 / $20 / $262 /
$9,606 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / L-6 / $6,070 / CF / CF / $11 / $- / No info. / $6,081 /
Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jul-44 / R-4 / $46,826 / $3,406 / $- / $689 / $- / $229 /
$51,150 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / R-5 / $50,586 / $7,259 / $- / $1,152 / $14 / $1,460
/ $60,471 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jul-44 / R-6 / $41,142 / $4,663 / $- / $1,019 / $14 / $1,152
/ $47,990 / Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from 1939 to
date
31-Jan-44 / YCG-13 / $54,792 / $- / $- / $1,683 / $- / $- /
$56,475 / 30 place. Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
31-Jan-44 / CG-4A / $23,693 / $- / $- / $1,123 / $- / $- /
$24,816 / 15 place, table total is 24,734. Costs are weighted average of
all Army contracts from 1939 to date
31-Jan-44 / CG-3A / $24,835 / $- / $- / $885 / $- / $- /
$25,720 / 9 Place. Costs are weighted average of all Army contracts from
1939 to date
The factory costs, War Industrial Facilities Authorised July 1940 - August
1945 by Civilian Production Administration, Industrial Statistics Division
Company / Plant / $ Amount / Public / Private / Note
Aeronica / Middleton / 1,251,000 / 1,152,000 / 99,000 / L-3, PT-19, UC-64,
plus B-17 elevators, C-46 elevators and rudders
Beech / Wichita / 6,865,000 / 3,611,000 / 3,254,000 / AT-10
Beech / Wichita / 3,382,000 / 3,382,000 / / AT-11
Bell / Buffalo / 1,522,000 / / 1,522,000 / P-39, P-63
Bell / Buffalo / 1,431,000 / / 1,431,000 / Aero Gun Mounts
Bell / Burlington / 2,685,000 / 2,647,000 / 38,000 / Gun Mounts, Recoil
Mechanisms, Feed Units
Bell / Marietta / 53,921,000 / 53,837,000 / 84,000 / B-29
Bell / Niagra Falls / 1,909,000 / 1,909,000 / / Modification, P-39, P-40,
P-51
Bell / Wheatfield / 26,769,000 / 23,844,000 / 2,925,000 / P-39, P-59, P-63
Bellanca / New Castle / 1,722,000 / 1,475,000 / 247,000 / AT-21, plus C-46
ailerons, flaps and cowls
Bellanca / New Castle / 288,000 / 288,000 / / B-24, A-20, A-30, B-26 and
PV-1 gun turrets
Boeing / Renton / 22,771,000 / 22,553,000 / 218,000 / B-29
Boeing / Seattle / 11,958,000 / 6,787,000 / 5,171,000 / B-17
Boeing / Seattle / 12,189,000 / 12,189,000 / / B-29
Boeing / Seattle / 800,000 / 800,000 / / Warehouse Facilities
Boeing / Various / 81,000 / / / Facilites for B-29 work in Washington
State
Brewster / Johnsville / 7,969,000 / 7,934,000 / 35,000 / SB2A, Model 340
Brewster / Johnsville / 514,000 / 514,000 / / F3A
Brewster / Long Island / 2,395,000 / 712,000 / 1,683,000 / Aircraft major
sub assemblies and parts
Brewster / Newark / 1,027,000 / 645,000 / 382,000 / PBY-5 floats and wings,
C-46 ribs, spars and nacelles
Budd / Philadelphia / 23,511,000 / 21,889,000 / 1,622,000 / RB-1, exhaust
assemblies for B-26, , B-24, C-47, P-38, pilot seats, aircraft oil tanks,
tail buoyancy tanks, main buoyancy tanks, gun heater ducts
Cessna / Hutchinson / 793,000 / / 793,000 / CG-4A, aircraft parts
Cessna / Wichita / 3,662,000 / / 3,662,000 / UC-78, A-26 landing gear
Columbia / Valley Stream / 1,587,000 / 1,587,000 / / J2F, aircraft oil
tanks, ammunition boxes etc.
Consolidated Vultee / Allentown / 1,176,000 / 1,176,000 / / TBY-2
Consolidated Vultee / Downey / 6,251,000 / / / BT-13, BT-15
Consolidated Vultee / Downey / 2,764,000 / 694,000 / 2,070,000 / B-24 and
B-32 power plants and wingtips, B-24 fins, PB4Y dorsal and vertical fins
Consolidated Vultee / Downey / 4,505,000 / 4,505,000 / / PB4Y stub island,
P-38 centre wing
Consolidated Vultee / Fort Worth / 58,744,000 / 58,744,000 / / B-24, PB4Y,
B-32, C-87, B-36
Consolidated Vultee / Louisville / 3,585,000 / 3,585,000 / / Modification,
B-24
Consolidated Vultee / Miami / 3,630,000 / 2,079,000 / 1,551,000 / Engine
mounts, inner wing sections, cowlings etc.
Consolidated Vultee / Miami / 175,000 / / / Projectile 40 mm M1AA,
Projectile 20 mm M1VAA
Consolidated Vultee / Nashville / 8,651,000 / 2,080,000 / 6,571,000 / A-35,
P-38
Consolidated Vultee / New Orleans / 12,645,000 / 12,547,000 / 96,000 /
PBY-5A
Consolidated Vultee / Pasadena / 584,000 / / 584,000 / Aircraft testing
Consolidated Vultee / San Diego / 39,769,000 / 24,764,000 / 15,005,000 /
B-24
Consolidated Vultee / San Diego / 4,348,000 / 4,348,000 / / PB4Y
Consolidated Vultee / San Diego / 1,174,000 / 1,130,000 / 44,000 / PBY-5A,
PB2Y, C-87
Consolidated Vultee / Tuscon / 7,101,000 / 7,101,000 / /
Consolidated Vultee / Wayne / 1,798,000 / 157,000 / 1,641,000 / AT-19, L-5
Curtiss Wright / Buffalo / 2,038,000 / / / Modification, C-46, P-40, P-51
Curtiss Wright / Columbus / 32,001,000 / 31,720,000 / 281,000 / SB2C, SOC3,
SC-1
Curtiss Wright / Kenmore / 5,390,000 / 5,390,000 / / C-46
Curtiss Wright / Robertson / 25,000,000 / 24,954,000 / 46,000 / C-76, A-25,
C-46
Curtiss Wright / Various / 18,266,000 / 18,266,000 / / Aircraft sub
assemblies
Curtiss Aeroplane / Buffalo / 52,334,000 / 47,578,000 / 4,756,000 / P-40,
P-47, C-46
Curtiss Aeroplane / Caldwell / 476,000 / 476,000 / / Aircraft testing,
types C-6445 propeller assembly
Curtiss Aeroplane / Louisville / 14,515,000 / 13,944,000 / 571,000 / C-46,
C-76
Curtiss Propeller / Beaver / 10,421,000 / 10,421,000 / / Hollow Steel
Propeller Blades
Curtiss Propeller / Caldwell / 2,140,000 / 2,140,000 / / Propellers P-40,
FM2, B-32, JRM-1
Curtiss Propeller / Caldwell / 14,441,000 / 8,072,000 / 6,369,000 / Steel
Propeller Blades
Curtiss Propeller / Clifton / 2,134,000 / 2,134,000 / / Controllable 3 and
4 blade propellers
Curtiss Propeller / Indianapolis / 29,020,000 / 28,038,000 / 982,000 /
Propellers P-47, B-26, C-46, B-32
Curtiss Propeller / Newark / 1,914,000 / 1,914,000 / / Propellers
Curtiss Propeller / Pittsburgh / 1,680,000 / / / Aircraft Propeller Blades
Curtiss Propeller / Bloomfield / 97,000 / 97,000 / / Experimental work
Wright Aeronautical / Caldwell / 100,000 / / 100,000 / Aircraft Engines and
parts
Wright Aeronautical / Fair Lawn / 5,500,000 / 5,500,000 / / Aircraft
Engines and parts
Wright Aeronautical / Lockland / 141,196,000 / 141,157,000 / 39,000 /
Aircraft Engines R-2600 B
Wright Aeronautical / Paterson / 60,386,000 / 39,763,000 / 20,623,000 /
Aircraft Engines R-760, R-975, R-1820, G-200, R-3350 B B, Gears
Wright Aeronautical / Woodbridge / 61,559,000 / 61,559,000 / / Aircraft
Engines R-3350 B A, R-3350 B B, superchargers, aluminum billets, aluminum
cylinder heads
Wright Aeronautical / Woodbridge / 8,641,000 / 8,641,000 / / Aluminium
cylinder heads
Douglas / Chicago / 49,353,000 / 49,353,000 / / C-54
Douglas / Dogget / 4,082,000 / 4,082,000 / / Modification, A-20, P-51
Douglas / El Segundo / 14,643,000 / 14,074,000 / 569,000 / SBD, BTD
Douglas / Long Beach / 29,580,000 / 29,580,000 / / B-17, C-47A, A-26B
Douglas / Los Angeles / 981,000 / 981,000 / / Aircraft
Douglas / Oklahoma City / 43,179,000 / 43,179,000 / / C-47A, R4D
Douglas / Oklahoma City / 5,408,000 / 5,318,000 / 90,000 / Modification B-25
Douglas / Pasadena / 584,000 / 584,000 / / Aircraft testing
Douglas / Santa Monica / 14,799,000 / 637,000 / 14,162,000 / C-54A, A-20G
Douglas / South Gate / 468,000 / 468,000 / / C-54, A-20G
Douglas / Tulsa / 33,119,000 / 33,119,000 / / B-24H, A-24, A-26
Douglas / Tulsa / 5,188,000 / 5,188,000 / / Modification B-25, C-47
Douglas / Various / 9,236,000 / 8,724,000 / 512,000 / Aircraft
Edo / College Point / 1,497,000 / 1,207,000 / 290,000 / Aircraft pontoons
Edo / College Point / 47,000 / 47,000 / / Aircraft and parts
Fairchild Aviation / Jamaica NY / 1,050,000 / 802,000 / 248,000 / Cameras,
Aircraft Instruments, Optical Instruments, Miscellaneous Instruments,
Photographic accessories
Fairchild Aviation / New York / 449,000 / 449,000 / / 8K gunsights
Fairchild Aviation / New York / / 90,000 / 90,000 / Radio compasses
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Jamaica NY / 9,058,000 / 9,058,000 / /
Aircraft engine parts
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Jamaica NY / 477,000 / / 477,000 / TDR
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Jamestown / 1,273,000 / / / Eagle wings,
fuel tanks and radar housing
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / New York / 71,000 / / 71,000 / Duramold
aircraft parts
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Burlington / 3,838,000 / 3,838,000 / /
AT-21
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Hagerstown / 11,095,000 / 10,610,000 /
485,000 / UC-61, PT-26, C-82, also outer wing panels PMB-3C
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Farmingdale / 6,858,000 / 6,501,000 /
357,000 / Aircraft engine L-440
Fairchild Engine and Airplane / Farmingdale / 1,028,000 / 874,000 / 154,000
/ Aircraft engine V-770
Ford / Iron Mountain / 457,000 / 457,000 / / CG-4A, YCG-13
Ford / Dearborn / 100,554,000 / 89,947,000 / 10,607,000 / Aircraft engine
R-2800
Ford / Dearborn / 38,159,000 / 38,159,000 / / Aircraft engine sleeves,
melmac distributor units, B2 turbo superchargers, cast aluminum cylinder
heads, oleo struts, landing gear braces, aluminum forgings for aircraft
parts
Ford / Dearborn / 1,589,000 / 1,589,000 / / Aircraft parts and assemblies,
oleo struts, landing gear braces
Ford / Willow Run / 94,898,000 / 94,898,000 / / B-24, also sub assemblies
General Motors (Spark Plug) / Flint / 2,201,000 / 2,201,000 / / Bomb Sights
General Motors (Spark Plug) / Flint / 4,513,000 / 4,395,000 / 118,000 / 50
Cal
General Motors (Spark Plug) / Flint / 5,862,000 / 4,722,000 / 1,140,000 /
Aircraft spark plugs, bearings, fuel pumps, R-5 automatic pilot (Sperry),
T-1 computators, K-14 gunsight
General Motors (Aero Products) / Dayton / 543,000 / 543,000 / / Dual
rotation propellers
General Motors (Aero Products) / Moraine City / 11,168,000 / 11,168,000 / /
Hamilton Propellers
General Motors (Aero Products) / Vandalia / 17,640,000 / 17,640,000 / /
Controllable 3 and 4 blade Dual rotation propellers
General Motors (Allison) / Anderson / 67,000 / / 67,000 / Aircraft engines
General Motors (Allison) / Detroit / 152,000 / / 152,000 / Aircraft
engines, plus tanks
General Motors (Allison) / Flint / 97,000 / / 97,000 / Aircraft engine
parts
General Motors (Allison) / Indianapolis / 116,169,000 / 101,239,000 /
14,930,000 / Aircraft engines, V-1710, V-3420, superchargers, experimental
magnesium castings for aircraft parts
General Motors(Buick) / Flint / 3,109,000 / / 3,109,000 / Aircraft engine
parts
General Motors(Buick) / Melrose Park / 125,683,000 / 125,683,000 / /
Aircraft engines, R-1830-43, R-1830-63A, R-1830-90C, R-2800-9
General Motors(Chevrolet) / Tosawaba? NY / 134,132,000 / 134,132,000 / /
Aircraft engines, R-1830, R-2800
General Motors(Delco) / Cincinati / 187,000 / / 187,000 / Dual rotation
propellers
General Motors(Delco) / Dayton / 7,844,000 / 5,483,000 / 2,361,000 / Oleo
struts, B-24, B-25, B-26
General Motors(Delco) / Dayton / 1,747,000 / 1,747,000 / / Aircraft engine
parts, hydraulic actuating devices, shock absorbers
General Motors(Delco) / Norwood / 13,445,000 / 13,445,000 / / Oleo struts
for B-26, TBY-1, P-51 and FR-1, axles, outer cylinders and oleo arms for
B-25
General Motors (Eastern) / Baltimore / 1,328,000 / 1,107,000 / 221,000 /
Parts and assemblies for TBM-1
General Motors (Eastern) / Bloomfield / 81,000 / / 81,000 / Aircraft parts
and assemblies
General Motors (Eastern) / Linden / 10,433,000 / 9,904,000 / 529,000 / FM-1,
FM-2
General Motors (Eastern) / Tarrytown / 1,859,000 / 1,859,000 / / Aircraft
(Bombers)
General Motors (Eastern) / Tarrytown / 2,152,000 / 2,152,000 / / Aircraft
(Bombers)
General Motors (Eastern) / Trenton / 9,508,000 / 9,508,000 / / TBM-1
General Motors (Eastern) / Various / 8,766,000 / 8,766,000 / / Aircraft
General Motors (Fisher) / Cleveland / 17,692,000 / 17,349,000 / 343,000 /
B-29, GF1, P-75
General Motors (Fisher) / Detroit / 2,247,000 / 1,278,000 / 969,000 / Sub
assemblies B-25 and B-29, exhaust manifolds, fixed and removable cowlings,
torpedo racks
General Motors (Wood Products) / Memphis / 4,757,000 / 4,757,000 / / Wing
sections, tips, ailerons, stabilizers for B-25
General Motors (Frigidaire) / Dayton / 1,627,000 / / 1,627,000 / Hamilton
Standard Propellers, aircraft hydraulic valves
Globe / Fort Worth / 640,000 / 640,000 / / AT-10
Goodyear / Akron / 13,829,000 / 9,917,000 / 3,912,000 / FG, F2G, ZNN, ZNP,
fusleage and empennage sections B-29, outer wingand expendible assemblies
P-61, assemblies for B-33 and TBF, surfaces for P-38, aircraft wheels and
brakes
Goodyear / Akron / 17,292,000 / 17,292,000 / / Surface parts for F6F3
Goodyear / Akron / 196,000 / 196,000 / / Surface parts for F6F3
Goodyear / Litchfield / 9,845,000 / 9,845,000 / / Wing panels, control
surfaces and empennages for PBHY (PB4Y?), flight decks for PB2Y
Grumman / Bethpage / 24,090,000 / 24,090,000 / / TBF, F7F, F6F, JRF, J4F
Grumman / Fort Washington / 3,500,000 / 3,500,000 / / F4F, F6F, TBF
Grumman / Fort Washington / 1,807,000 / 1,807,000 / / Aircraft wings,
centre sections, turrets etc.
Grumman / Sysset / 260,000 / 260,000 / / Landing gear, engine mounts,
exhaust manifolds etc.
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / East Hartford / 15,960,000 / 12,700,000 /
3,260,000 / Hydromatic and controllable propellers
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / East Hartford / 1,697,000 / 1,697,000 / /
Aircraft Engines and parts
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / Norwich / 1,019,000 / 922,000 / 97,000 /
Aircraft Propeller Blades and Hub Parts
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / Pawcatuck / 750,000 / 640,000 / 110,000 /
Hydromatic and controllable propellers
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / Pawtucket / 1,662,000 / 1,379,000 / 285,000
/ Aircraft Propellers
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / West Hartford / 120,000 / / 120,000 /
Propeller Parts
Hamilton Standard (United a/c) / Various / 2,811,000 / 2,811,000 / /
Aircraft Propellers
Howard / St Charles / 297,000 / 297,000 / / PT-23, GH-2, NH-1
Interstate / De Kalb / 331,000 / 331,000 / / TDR, TD2R, TD3R
Interstate / Kansas City / 160,000 / 160,000 / / Aircraft valves, pumps,
cylinders and parts
Interstate / El Segundo / 172,000 / 172,000 / / Aircraft hydraulic units,
machine gun chargers, bomb and tank shackles
Kellet / Philadelphia / 578,000 / 511,000 / 57,000 / Ailerons, P-40, P-47,
B-24
Kellet / Philadelphia / 52,000 / 52,000 / / Aircraft engine mounts, flaps
Lockheed / Bakersfield / 82,000 / / 82,000 / Aircraft subassemblies and
parts
Lockheed / Burbank / 37,351,000 / 17,595,000 / 19,736,000 / P-38, C-69,
aicraft subassemblies and parts
Lockheed / Burbank / 9,426,000 / 6,048,000 / 3,378,000 / B-17G, PV-1, PV-2
Lockheed / Burbank / 27,000 / / 27,000 / Aircraft sheet metal forming dies
Lockheed / Los Angeles / 1,486,000 / / 1,486,000 / Aircraft subassemblies
and parts
Lockheed / Maywood / 396,000 / / 396,000 / Aircraft subassemblies and parts
Lockheed / Pomona / 172,000 / / 172,000 / Aircraft subassemblies and parts
Lockheed / Santa Barbara / 142,000 / / 142,000 / Aircraft parts
Lockheed / Van Nuys / 3,458,000 / 3,458,000 / / Modification and repair
Lockheed / Dallas / 2,496,000 / 2,496,000 / / Modification, A-36, B-17,
B-24, P-36 (U.S. Government modification centre #3)
Lockheed Air Terminal / Burbank / 630,000 / 630,000 / / Air Transport
Martin / Middle River / 6,849,000 / 2,127,000 / 4,722,000 / B-26, A-30
Martin / Middle River / 39,446,000 / 39,446,000 / / PBM5, BTM, B-29, also
JRM nacelles, airplane power turrets
Martin / Omaha / 23,276,000 / 23,276,000 / / Modification B-26 (U.S.
Government modification centre #1)
Martin / Omaha / 6,319,000 / 6,319,000 / / Modification B-29 (U.S.
Government modification centre #1)
McDonnell / Memphis / 1,161,000 / 1,161,000 / / AT-21
McDonnell / Robertson / 1,781,000 / 1,453,000 / 328,000 / Empennage for
C-47,cowls for A-20
McDonnell / St Louis / 359,000 / / 359,000 / Empennage for C-47 and other
aircraft parts.
Nash Kelivnator / Detroit / 717,000 / 509,000 / 208,000 / R-6 Helicopter
Nash Kelivnator / Detroit / 1,428,000 / 1,428,000 / / Aircraft propellers
and govenors
Nash Kelivnator / Detroit / 701,000 / 701,000 / / Bomb Fuses
Nash Kelivnator / Grand Rapids / 205,000 / 130,000 / 75,000 / Aircraft Parts
Nash Kelivnator / Grand Rapids / 620,000 / 620,000 / / R-6 Helicopter
Nash Kelivnator / Kenosha / 37,010,000 / 36,712,000 / 298,000 / Aircraft
engines, R-2800 2 stage S-10?
Nash Kelivnator / Kenosha / 194,000 / 194,000 / / R-6 Helicopter
Nash Kelivnator / Lansing / 21,553,000 / 21,553,000 / / Hydromatic Dural 3
blade propellers
Nash Kelivnator / Milwalkee / 736,000 / 736,000 / / Aircraft parts and
subassemblies
North American / Grand Prarie / 35,654,000 / 34,507,000 / 1,147,000 / AT-6,
P-51, B-24
North American / Inglewood / 13,757,000 / 10,413,000 / 3,344,000 / B-25,
P-51, P-82
North American / Kansas City / 30,359,000 / 30,359,000 / / B-25 (U.S.
Government Assembly Plant #2)
North American / Kansas City / 3,951,000 / 3,951,000 / / Modificton, B-25,
P-51 (U.S. Government modification centre #4)
North American / Los Angeles / 793,000 / / 793,000 / B-25
North American / Pasadena / 292,000 / / 292,000 / Aircraft testing
North American / Waco / 94,000 / / 94,000 / Aircraft
Northrop / Hawthorne / 7,340,000 / 4,163,000 / 3,177,000 / P-61, B-35
Northrop / Los Angeles / 470,000 / 470,000 / / Inner wings for P-61,
cowlings for B-17
Piper / Lock Haven / 477,000 / / 477,000 / L-1
Republic / Babylon / 55,000 / / 55,000 / Aircraft
Republic / Evansville / 14,517,000 / 14,517,000 / / P-47
Republic / Farmingdale / 19,383,000 / 18,767,000 / 616,000 / P-47, XP-72
Republic / Various / 10,000,000 / 10,000,000 / / Aircraft parts for P-47
Ryan / San Diego / 4,089,000 / 3,825,000 / 264,000 / FR-1 and aircraft parts
Ryan / San Diego / 2,756,000 / 2,288,000 / 468,000 / FR-1 and aircraft parts
St Louis / St Louis / 350,000 / / 350,000 / PT-23
St Louis / St Louis / 376,000 / 376,000 / / Aircraft tanks etc.
Sikorsky (United a/c) / Bridgeport / 243,000 / 243,000 / / Helicopter
Taylorcraft / Alliance / 814,000 / 326,000 / 488,000 / L-2B, plus empennage
and ailerons for A-26
Timm / Los Angeles / 159,000 / / 159,000 / C6-4a (CG-4A?) Gliders
Timm / Van Nuys / 273,000 / / 273,000 / N2T
Vought (United a/c) / Bridgeport / 3,106,000 / 1,115,000 / 1,993,000 / R-4,
R-5 helicopter, F4U
Vought (United a/c) / Stratford / 6,128,000 / 6,128,000 / / Aircraft
Testing
Vought (United a/c) / Stratford / 10,632,000 / 10,632,000 / / F4U
Vought (United a/c) / Stratford / 1,405,000 / 219,000 / 1,186,000 / Aircraft
parts
Waco / Troy / 1,156,000 / 1,029,000 / 127,000 / C-62, CG-4A, CG-15A
Norden / Easthampton / 3,392,000 / 3,392,000 / / Bombsights
Norden / New York / 3,259,000 / 3,259,000 / / Bombsights
Norden / New York / 3,840,000 / 3,840,000 / / Bombsights
Norden / New York / 56,000 / / 56,000 / Aircraft Navigation Instruments
Norden / Indianapolis / 13,943,000 / 13,943,000 / / Bombsights, Optical
Instruments (U.S. Government Naval Ordnance Plant)
Packard / Detroit / 58,178,000 / 57,865,000 / 313,000 / Aircraft Engines,
V-1650 and spares
Packard / Detroit / 26,458,000 / 26,458,000 / / Aircraft Engines, V-1650
and spares, British Money
Packard / Toledo / 8,761,000 / 8,761,000 / / Aircraft engine parts
Packard / Willow Run / 835,000 / 835,000 / / Aircraft engine research
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Cleveland / 100,000 / / 100,000 / Aircraft
Engines
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Kansas City / 85,739,000 / 85,500,000 /
231,000 / R-2800-4 stage C, R-2800-2 Stage C
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / East Hartford / 61,583,000 / 27,624,000 /
35,950,000 / Aircraft Engines, R-975-1-5, R-985-12, R-1340, R-1830-C9G,
T-1830-C5e, R-1830-C4S?
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / East Hartford / 266,000 / 266,000 / /
Aircraft Engines, R-975-1-5, R-985-12, R-1340, R-1830-C9G, T-1830-C5e,
R-1830-C4S?
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / East Longmeadow / 16,485,000 / 16,485,000 /
/ Aircraft engines and parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / East Longmeadow / 165,000 / 165,000 / /
Aircraft engines and parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Manchester / 89,000 / / 89,000 / Aircraft
engine parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Southington / 25,333,000 / 25,306,000 /
27,000 / Aircraft engine parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Southington / 165,000 / 165,000 / / Aircraft
engine parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Willimantic / 16,529,000 / 16,529,000 / /
Aircraft engines and parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Willimantic / 166,000 / 166,000 / / Aircraft
engines and parts
Pratt & Whitney (United a/c) / Various / 4,388,000 / 4,388,000 / / Aircraft
engines and parts
General Electric / Schenectady / 1,232,000 / 1,232,000 / / Gas Turbines
Figures from Buying Aircraft by Halley, Time and dollar costs encountered
while making 73 modifications to a group of 1,000 P-38,
P-38F-5, 10,450 engineering hours, 6,200 tooling hours, $4,650
P-38G-1, 23,250 engineering hours, 23,760 tooling hours, $18,000
P-38G-3 to 5, 5,000 engineering hours, 4,000 tooling hours, $3,000
P-38G-10, 19,200 engineering hours, 18,480 tooling hours, $13,800
Joe Baugher's web site says 100F-5, 80 G-1, 12 G-3, 68 G-5, 548 G-10, total
958.
B-25 direct engineering hours to give an idea on how often design change
actually was
1940 - 329,415 hours
1941 - 419,060 hours
1942 - 695,488 hours
1943 - 461,213 hours
1944 - 200,321 hours
When the US measured airframe build efficiency in WWII it seems productivity
followed a curve that said it took 16 to 18 man hours per pound of aircraft
for the first production example, dropping to around 7 man hours by aircraft
10, 3 by aircraft 100, 1.2 by aircraft 1000 and 0.52 man hours per airframe
pound by aircraft 10,000.
Australia, NAA: A705 9/84/51 scan 9, cost of aircraft notes a Mustang in
1944 was said to cost 23,000 pounds and 43,250 in 1950, thanks to post war
inflation and the increase in unit overheads from reducing the number built
per month (it also quotes the Beaufort as 61,000 pounds in 1944).
Australian Archives MP450/1 109 Department of Aircraft production costs of
locally made aircraft, in pounds, but the Wirraway and Tiger Moth costs were
shared with the Department of Air and the Beaufighter, Mosquito, Mustang and
Tiger Moth included costs incurred for orders for aircraft that were
cancelled after the end of the war.
Beaufort, 700 built 39,514,089 total cost 56,449 unit cost
Beaufighter, 364 built 19,146,712 total cost 52,601 unit cost
Lincoln, 51 built 7,988,124 total cost 156,630 unit cost (total on order 73)
Wirraway, 755 built 3,951,438 total cost 5,234 unit cost
Boomerang 250 built 4,780,922 total cost 19,124 unit cost
Wackett trainer, 200 built 390,010 total cost 1,950 unit cost
Mustang, 179 built 6,910,696 total cost 38,607 unit cost (total on order
200)
Nene Engine, 13 built 1,402,169 total cost 107,859 unit cost (total on order
156)
Tiger Moth, 1070 built 586,434 total cost 548 unit cost
DH.84 Dragon, 87 built 659,728 total cost 7,583 unit cost
Mosquito, 209 built 17,376,878 total cost 83,143 unit cost
Vampire, 4 built 893,591 total cost 223,398 unit cost (total on order 50)
Glider, 8 built 32,224 total cost 4,028 unit cost
Britain. The Arthur Harris Despatch on War Operations noted it cost a
1,000,000 pounds sterling for a wartime heavy bomber airfield.
British Archives AVIA 15/950
Cancelled orders
No / Factory / Aircraft / Total Cost / Unit Cost
200 / Fairey / Beaufighter / 6,130,000 / 30650
50 / De Havilland / Queen Bee / 75,000 / 1500
6 / Blackburn / Botha / 155,000 / 25833.33
Absorbed from Dominion Orders
4 / / Hurricane / 34,000 / 8500
18 / / Beaufighter / 406,000 / 22555.56
300 / / Whittle / 6,450,000 / 21500
Proposed orders June 1941 (Proctors for RN)
400 / / Lancaster / 17,700,000 / 44250
200 / / Beaufort / 3,640,000 / 18200
1000 / / Spitfire / 10,123,000 / 10123
400 / / Oxford / 2,880,000 / 7200
300 / / Mosquito / 5,685,000 / 18950
250 / / Halifax / 10,938,000 / 43752
200 / / Typhoon / 3,340,000 / 16700
320 / / Stirling / 16,736,000 / 52300
45 / / Sunderland / 2,577,000 / 57266.67
600 / / Warwick / 22,860,000 / 38100
433 / / Wellington / 11,994,000 / 27699.77
300 / / Barracuda / 3,750,000 / 12500
50 / / Proctor / 135,000 / 2700
Orders awaiting review 31 May 1941. Spare engine cost is NOT for one new
engine, rather an allowance for 1 spare engine per X new aircraft.
Company / Aircraft / No / unit cost / Spare engines / Cost+spare / Total
order
Armstrong Whitworth / Lancaster / 200 / 41,400 / 1,750 / 43,150 / 8,630,000
Bristol / Beaufort (Merlin) / 200 / 17,400 / 800 / 18,200 / 3,640,000
Castle Bromwich / Spitfire V or VI / 850 / 9,500 / 450 / 9,950 / 8,457,500
Castle Bromwich / Spitfire III / 150 / 10,500 / 600 / 11,100 / 1,665,000
De Havilland / Oxford / 600 / 6,800 / 400 / 7,200 / 4,320,000
De Havilland / Mosquito / 250 / 18,500 / 450 / 18,950 / 4,737,500
English Electric / Halifax / 200 / 42,000 / 1,750 / 43,750 / 8,750,000
Metropolitan Vickers / Lancaster / 250 / 43,600 / 1,750 / 45,350 /
11,337,500
Short / Stirling I / 120 / 49,800 / 2,500 / 52,300 / 6,276,000
Short Harland / Stirling I / 250 / 49,800 / 2,500 / 52,300 / 13,075,000
Short / Sunderland / 50 / 52,100 / 1,600 / 53,700 / 2,685,000
Short Harland / Sunderland / 25 / 60,100 / 1,600 / 61,700 / 1,542,500
Vickers Blackpool / Warwick / 400 / 36,100 / 2,000 / 38,100 / 15,240,000
Vickers Chester / Warwick / 400 / 36,100 / 2,000 / 38,100 / 15,240,000
Vickers Chester / Wellington / 400 / 26,400 / 1,300 / 27,700 / 11,080,000
Supply Board Memorandum 207/41 aircraft program review. Value is for
cancelled orders, All up +spare engines for current orders.
Aircraft / Company / No / Value / All up + Spare engines / Unit cost
Blenheim / Rootes / 170 / 2,324,000 / / 13670.59
Blenheim / Avro / 622 / 9,260,000 / / 14887.46
Hampden / English Electric / 130 / 3,129,000 / / 24069.23
Manchester / Avro / 500 / 22,568,000 / / 45136
Manchester / Metro-Vickers / 200 / 9,027,000 / / 45135
Lancaster / Avro / 450 / / 19,340,000 / 42977.78
Lancaster / Metro-Vickers / 257 / / 11,204,000 / 43595.33
Halifax / Fairey / 150 / / 6,572,000 / 43813.33333
Wellington / Vickers Blackpool / 250 / 6,875,000 / / 27500
Spitfire / Vickers Supermarine / 120 / 1,406,000 / / 11716.67
Tornado / Avro / 400 / / 5,760,000 / 14400
Typhoon / Hawker / 300 / / 5,010,000 / 16700
Defiant / Boulton Paul / 220 / 4,308,000 / / 19581.82
Mosquito / De Havilland / 50 / / 948,000 / 18960
Sunderland / Shorts Windemere / 25 / / 1,343,000 / 53720
Lysander / Westland / 490 / 5,285,000 / / 10785.71
Firefly / General Aircraft / 200 / 2,610,000 / / 13050
Barracuda / Westland / 250 / 3,360,000 / / 13440
Master / Phillps&Powis Reading / 500 / 3,765,000 / / 7530
Master / Phillps&Powis Doncaster / 300 / 2,259,000 / / 7530
Master / Phillps&Powis S. Marston / 400 / 3,063,000 / / 7657.5
Queen Bee / Morris Motors / 50 / 75,000 / / 1500
Anson / Avro / 700 / 5,688,000 / / 8125.71
AVIA 10/267 As of 22 October 1942 Man hours absorbed in aircraft
Aircraft / Contractor / Date / Man hours / Note
Stirling I / Short Swindon / 201st Aircraft / 129,944 /
Lancaster I / Avro / 201st Aircraft / 74,319 /
Halifax II / Handley page / 201st Aircraft / 98,246 /
Wellington Ic / Vickers Weybridge / 19-Nov-41 / 53,969 /
Blenheim IV / Bristol / 22-Dec-39 / 34,813 /
Beaufighter I / Bristol / 31-Jul-41 / 36,615 /
Beaufighter II / Bristol / 31-Jul-41 / 37,933 /
Hurricane IID / Hawker / 22-Dec-41 / 19,560 /
Spitfire Vc / Supermarine / 23-Apr-42 / 19,086 /
Typhoon Ia / Hawker/Gloster / 26-Jan-42 / 28,756 / Preliminary estimate,
assuming present methods of production
Typhoon Ia / Hawker/Gloster / 10-Jan-42 / 22,349 / Preliminary estimate,
assuming full advantage is taken of best available manufacturing methods
Beaufort I / Bristol / 5-Sep-40 / 40,418 /
Sunderland III / Blackburn Dumbarton / 28-Feb-42 / 123,556 / Preliminary
estimate
Albacode / Fairey (Hayes) / 20-Aug-41 / 24,852 /
Barracuda / Fairey (Stockport) / 15-Jun-42 / 27,052 / Preliminary estimate
Fulmar II / Fairey (Stockport) / 11-Apr-41 / 24,787 /
British Archives AIR 20/1981 has the Hurricane at approximately 8,000 pounds
each in April 1942 and 21,000 pounds for a Beaufighter, and the Kittyhawk
price, including freight from the US, as approximately 15,500 pounds, the
Airacobra 16,700 pounds and Havoc 39,500 pounds. The expected pre war price
for a round trip freight bill for 40 Ansons Britain to Australia and return
(they were chartered and so were expected to return to Britain) came to
about 45,000 Australian pounds, so about 36,000 pounds sterling or 900 UK
pounds per aircraft round trip, so 450 pounds 1 way.
Effort in man hours, Spitfire production, mark / design / jigging and
tooling Figures as of September 1943 for Supermarine works in Southampton.
I / 339,400 / 800,000
II / 9,267 / unknown
III / 91,120 / 75,000
V / 90,000 / 105,000
VI 14,340 / 50,000
IX 43,830 / 30,000
XII / 27,210 / 16,000
VII / 86,150 / 150,000
VIII / 24,970 / 250,000
XIV / 26,120 / 17,000
21 / 168,500 / unknown
PR XI / 12,415 / unknown
Seafire I / 10,130 / 18,000
Seafire II / 3,685 / 40,000
Seafire III / 8,938 / 9,000
Seafire XV / 9,150 / unknown
Spitfire on floats 22,260 / 35,000
Anther aircraft item picked up but no attribution The Blenheim in December
1939 cost 40,600 man hours, 25,510 for the airframe, 7,230 for the engines,
7,860 for the propellers, guns, turrets etc. (military equipment).
Other weapons,
In April 1938 the British presented Australia with a total cost of ownership
of warships, that is running cost, build and modernisation cost, and showed
it as an annual cost, Battleship 706,800 pounds (Nelson class), large
cruiser 323,600 pounds, small cruiser 225,400 pounds, Aircraft carrier with
36 aircraft, 894,000 pounds, with 15 aircraft 514,500 pounds, destroyer
66,000 pounds, 1,000 ton submarine 65,500 pounds. They were pushing the
idea of an RAN battleship, annual cost of aircraft set at 11,500 pounds.
Australian Archives A5954 1024/10.
Australian Archives file A705 201/28/22 Part 1 p163
Cost of radar station in Australian pounds
5000 Site and accommodation and administrative buildings
1000 Technical buildings
7000 Equipment
2000 Power Supplies
3000 Communications (Say 10 miles of telephone line)
18000 Total
The above is probably for an Australian Light Weight Air Warning set (LW/AW)
not the Chain Home which used 350 feet high transmitting and 250 feet high
receiving towers.
Contract prices, pounds, British tanks,
Matilda 18,000
Crusader 13,700
Valentine 14,900
Churchill 11,150
Cromwell 10,000
Man hours per gun and carriage
2 pdr 2682
6 pdr 1293
17 pdr 2726
25 pdr 3085
WO 169/3861 (Eighth Army) G(AFV) Branch dated 'End Sept.' [1942] headed
"Tank Overhaul Programme." It gives the overhaul mileage limit/annual
mileage rate/time in workshops for overhaul (weeks) as:
Crusader 1200 / 3000 / 8
Valentine 2500 / 3000 / 8
Matilda 1000 / 3000 / 8
Stuart 3500 / 3000 / 4
Grant 1500 / 3000 / 8"
In August 1941 the US War Department let a $100-million order for 880 medium
tanks, 2,300 light tanks and 1,090 armoured scout cars. In November
Chrysler was awarded $127 million to expand their facilities and produce
medium tanks. General Motors was awarded $25,780,000 to build the Flint
Arsenal and Ford was awarded $39-million for the building the Grand Blanc
Arsenal.
In September 1942 the 8th Report of the Army Service Forces Army Supply
Plan, including the then current estimated costs, on "important" items of
equipment. US prices are for the tank without armament and usually without
the various items that were added as stowed equipment prior to unit issue.
Tank, Light, M3, M3A1, M5, M5A1 - $50,000
Tank Medium, M3 and M4 - $82,723
Tank, Heavy (undesignated) - $152,346
Gun, Tank, 37mm M5 and M6 - $1,425
Gun, Tank, 57mm - $5,500
Gun, Tank, 75mm M2 and M3 - $3,350
Gun, Tank, 76mm M1 - $3,500
Gun, Tank, 3" Heavy - $8,600
To compare the gun prices to the guns with carriage for use as antitank
guns:
37mm - $3,480
57mm - $9,420
76mm - $21,300
Others are:
Gun, 40mm AA, mobile - $17,830
Gun, 3" AA, mobile - $37,500
Gun, 90mm AA, mobile - $43,800
Gun, 90mm AA, fixed Anti-MTB Mount - $23,000
Gun, 4.7" (120mm) AA, mobile - $151,000
Machine gun cost estimates were:
MG, calibre .30, M191A4 (fixed and flexible) - $350
MG, calibre .50, M2 HB (fixed and flexible) - $1,050
The "Gun, Tank 3" Heavy" was a "one-off" adaptation of the old 3" AA gun and
only seven were completed. The 76mm AT gun was the designation for an
uncompleted design study for a completely new weapon.
A summary of equipment costs dated 29 April 1944 gives the following
representative costs:
Tank, Light, M5 and M5A1 - $37,560
Tank, Medium, M4 - $58,197
Tank, Heavy (undesignated) - $325,368
The "Tank, Heavy" was the M1, later re-designated as the M6. Only 40 were
completed.
Aircraft Cannon, 75mm - $4,500
Gun, 40mm AA, with carriage - $13,100
Machinegun, calibre .30 - $147
Machinegun, calibre .50 - $323
Unit prices given for VJ-Day 1945 in a 1951 Army summary of costs were:
Tank, Medium, M4A3 - $47,339
Tank, Medium, M4A1 - $55,145
Tank, Light, M24 - $39,652
Tank, Medium M26 - $81,324
The following is taken from the 1944/45 Australian yearbook, production
costs of manufacture in Australia, lowest price obtained during the war.
Note the original table was in pounds, shillings and pence, I have converted
it to dollars following the rules used when Australia converted to decimal
currency in the 1960s. The decimal currency conversion rules were 1 pound
equals 2 dollars, 12 pence equals 10 cents. I think it was 1 pence equalled
1 cent, 2 pence equalled 2 cents, 3 and 4 pence equalled 3 cents, 5 pence =
4 cents, 6 pence = 5 cents, with a similar arrangement for 7 to 12 pence
equalling 6 to 10 cents. So the prices below have to be multiplied by
between 1.5 and 2 in order to put them into US dollars at the then rate of
exchange. The average weekly wage at the time was around $12.
$3,000.00 Machine gun carrier L.P. number 2
$12,000.00 3.7 inch AA gun, ordnance and mounting
$9,000.00 25 pounder gun, ordnance, carriage and trailer
$6,600.00 25 pounder short gun, ordnance and carriage
$8,000.00 17 pounder gun, ordnance and carriage
$8,000.00 4 inch naval gun mark XIX including mounting
$3,500.00 2 pounder AT gun, ordnance and carriage
$300.00 3 inch mortar
$218.00 Vickers machine gun, excluding mounting
$292.00 Bren Machine gun, excluding mounting
$24.70 0.303 inch rifle
$2.31 Bayonet
$0.97 Scabbard
Ammunition, filled and packed unless otherwise stated.
$0.0188 0.303 inch ball bullet (or 1.88 cents)
$0.0392 0.303 inch tracer bullet
$0.0363 0.303 inch armour piercing
$0.0483 0.303 inch incendiary
$0.0142 9 mm bullet
$1.58 20 mm HE Hispano shell
$1.73 20 mm HE Oerlikon shell
$5.37 Cartridge, Q.F. HE 18 pounder shell S.L.
$14.31 Cartridge, Q.F. 3.7 inch gun HE shell
$6.75 Cartridge, Q.F. 6 pounder, 7 hundredweight, AP shot
$25.05 Cartridge, Q.F. 4 inch mark XIX gun, HE shell (plugged)
$32.15 Cartridge, Q.F. 4 inch mark XIX gun, star shell (plugged)
$5.43 Cartridge, Q.F. 2 pounder, HE shell high velocity, includes link
belting
$4.76 Cartridge, Q.F. 2 pounder, HE shell low velocity, includes link
belting
$2.54 Cartridge, Q.F. 25 pounder
$5.00 Shell, Q.F. HE 25 pounder S.L. (Fused 117)
$2.23 Cartridge, Q.F. 4.5 inch howitzer
$6.64 Shell Q.F. HE 4.5 inch howitzer fused
$5.97 Shell, smoke 4.5 inch howitzer (plugged)
$2.26 Cartridge B.L. 6 inch howitzer.
$13.30 Shell, B.L., HE, S.L., 6 inch howitzer (filled, plugged and
grummeted)
$5.56 Cartridge B.L. 6 inch gun, cordite S.C, 103 Mark I foil, 11 lb 10.5 oz
$14.66 Cartridge B.L. 6 inch gun, cordite S.C, 150 Mark I foil, 33 lb 12
drms.
$45.39 Shell B.L., CPBC, 6 inch gun mark XXXIB (filled, plugged, grummeted)
$13.71 Shell B.L., HE, 6 inch gun mark XXVIIIB (filled, plugged, grummeted)
$5.08 Cartridge, B.L., 60 pounder
$9.45 Shell B.L. HE 60 pounder (filled, plugged, grummeted)
$2.92 Bomb, M.L. 2 inch mortar HE
$3.99 Bomb, M.L. 3 inch mortar HE 10 pound (fused 152)
$12.45 Bomb, S.B.B.L. 4.2 inch mortar HE
$0.50 Grenade, hand, number 36M
$0.78 Grenade, rifle, number 36M
$0.68 Grenade, number 63
$2.48 Grenade, number 69
$2.60 Grenade, number 73
$1.83 Grenade, number 77
$4.47 contact AT mine mark II
$2.55 contact AT mine mark V
$48.94 Bomb, Aircraft, HE Anti submarine, 250 pound
$32.20 Bomb, Aircraft, HE general purpose 250 pound
$1.41 Bomb, Aircraft, practice 8.5 pound
$42.20 Depth Charge case filled with Amatol
$18.40 Depth Charge pistol
$5.30 Depth Charge primer
$1.03 Depth Charge detonator
$188.00 Naval mine (empty)
$0.35 signal cartridge, 1.5 inch, red
$0.35 signal cartridge, 1.5 inch, green
$28.00 Aircraft 4.5 inch reconnaissance flare
$3.25 Landing wing tip flare
$8.25 Marker, sea, aluminium
$7.40 marine signal, distress
$24.07 smoke float.
In the book Panzertruppen by Jentz, in one of the pre war reports on
performance of the various German tanks it makes the point a Panzer III at
150,000 Reichmarks cost 3 times the price of a Panzer I, so was it better to
have the three or the one? Machine tools to convert a factory from another
tank to Panzer III production are costed at 20,000,000 Reichmarks, another
thing to consider when chopping and changing the tank orders, on top of the
loss of production during the change over.
The US Maritime Commission notes the average price for a Liberty ship was
$1,822,000 per shipsworth, where a shipsworth equals 1 if the ship was fully
completed and a fraction if delivered incomplete. There were 20 yards that
built Liberty Ships, lowest average cost yard was $1,544,000 highest was
$3,923,000.
Geoffrey Sinclair
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