Wartime production at Frigidaire.

mikael3 · Aug 3, 2015

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I’ve seen several pamphlets from Frigidaire explaining how they moved all of their production from appliances to munitions during the War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even their adverts from the period always have this little paragraph somewhere on the page, “Frigidaire, now busy at war work…”

But I’m wondering, what were their last models before the War, and how did they get started again after the war?

I’ve seen promotional material from late 1941 showing the 1942 lineup of ranges—although the models look just like the 1941s to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I’ve seen models listed as 1946s, but those also look like 1941s to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are all of those the same design?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was Frigidaire really producing new 1946 models, or were they just continuing to sell old stock? And was the very different (and really right ugly) 1947 actually the first thing to roll off the line after the War?

I only know about the ranges, but their other products would have been affected, too.

The War has been very much in the news lately, and the home front is a big part of the story.

tolivac · Aug 4, 2015

Can we see what your post was about??During WW2 Frigidaire made a line of heavy .50 machine guns that are now desired by machine gun collectors-a rare anti-aircraft version.Popular at the machine gun meet in Kentucky. the gun used the unusual "tombstone" ammo belt magazine.Also these were packages as "quad" guns for anit aircraft--they were VERY deadly against low flying enemy planes!Used on ships.After the war Frigidaire resumed appliance building.

kimball455 · Aug 5, 2015

Here is a link. Frigidaire in referenced 11 times in this.

Harry

Browning Machine Gun .50 Caliber M2 History

PT Boat Browning .50 Cal M2 Aircraft History

www.pt103.com

tolivac · Aug 6, 2015

EXCELLENT LINK!!!!Summed it all up!!Didn't have to add anything there.So Frigidaire was famous for "other" things,too!Would love to have a turn behind one of those guns!!!Always want to shoot the "Ma Duece"the BIG FIFTY!!!At the machine gun shoot meet,a junk car was the target---the Frigidaire "50" preshredded the car for the baler or the Lynx shredder!!!And this was one one gun-not a quad.

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