From the previous entry.
The Buick plant in Melrose Park was constructed in 1941 as America geared up for war. Air-cooled engines, under the license of Pratt and Whitney used in B-24 Liberator Bombers were built there.
In 1946, the plant was purchased by International Harvester.
The plant still exists and is a Navistar factory now.
I came across a "Keep 'Em Flying Buick" embroidered patch from World War II that sold on e-Bay on the WorthPoint.com site. It is called "Vintage WWII Aviation Patch Keep 'Em Flying.
It has the words "Keep 'Em Flying" across the top.
In the middle are two wings on either side of the front view of an engine with propeller.
At the bottom it reads "Buick."
The patch is 4 inches across by two inches high. I went back and looked at the Shorpy photo of Sylvia and it doesn't appear to be this patch she is wearing.
The Deeper I Go. --Cooter
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