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The Big Boeing Cover-Up

True tales from the most interesting place on earth.

The Big Boeing Cover-Up

Season 9 Episode 2 | 6m 28s | CC

During WWII, a Hollywood set designer used his skills to fool the enemy. Did it work? John Detlie, a major Hollywood studio set designer, was called up to Seattle to camouflage the factory where B-17 Flying Fortresses were built, aircraft key to the war effort. The challenge: render a major facility with 30,000 workers invisible.

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