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Author: merje94
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I assume that you have this. It says wife is A. D. McLean, 7 Broadway, Toronto, CANADA.
She was in Canada while he was working at Briggs. Just in case you don't have it, I
have the image if you want it.
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cars, 1942 about Arthur Cedric McLean.
Name: Arthur Cedric McLean
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1892
Residence: Vanderburgh, Indiana
Birth: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Race: White
Roll: WW2_2368423
The form says that he was 6 ft. tall, 215 pounds, hazel eyes, brown/gray hair, light
complexion
Briggs was an international corporation with a major branch in England. They produced gas
engines and were highly involved with WW II manufacturing. See below quote from paper
online giving history of Briggs.
"During World War II Briggs was a major supplier to the US Armed forces, producing
over a billion dollars' worth of stamped steel and aluminum products. A record
workforce of 31,000 built the following assemblies: aircraft gun turrets, doors B-26 c,
bulkheads B-26c, outer wings A-20g, wing tips A-20g, ailerons A-20g, outer wings B-17g,
wing tips B-17g, stabilizers B-17g, fins B-17g, ailerons B-17g, flaps B-17g, ducts B-17g,
flaps B-29, tank hulls T-26-90 and 26-105, aft bomb doors B-29, forward bomb doors B-29,
nose wheel doors B-29, outer wings B-29, tools, dies, fixtures, trucks, cabs and tops,
tank hulls, ambulance bodies etc.
Since the mid-thirties the Henney Motor Co. of Freeport, Illinois built all of
Packard's professional cars and limousines. After the War they resumed production and
built 3,000 long wheelbase Packard Clippers through 1947. However demand for their hearses
and ambulances had skyrocketed after the war and they no longer had the capacity to renew
the contract. Consequently Packard had Briggs, their production body builder, produce the
long-wheelbase limousine from 1948 through 1950 when the model was discontinued. A handful
of long wheelbase limousines were built between 1953-1954 by Henney, but they were all
custom ordered, unlike the earlier limousines that were standard Packard offerings."
Maryjane
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