{"id":278,"date":"2015-11-08T22:12:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T04:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2015-11-08T22:20:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T04:20:58","slug":"pans-into-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"Pans into Planes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thewartimekit-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B006H01G3W&amp;asins=B006H01G3W&amp;linkId=A3STRYPEM6EJ63CG&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><br \/>\nRecycling is nothing new; the collection of materials to be recycled, reused, and re-purposed was a popular theme in World War II. \u00a0The British people saw the implementation of scrap drives to collect metal to make planes and other necessary equipment for the war effort.<\/p>\n<p>In May, 1940, Churchill appointed William &#8220;Max&#8221; Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, as Minister of Aircraft Production, and with the Prime Minister&#8217;s blessing, \u00a0Beaverbrook overhauled all aspects of war-time aircraft production. He increased production targets by 15% across the board, took control of aircraft repairs, and increased RAF storage units.*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pansintoplanes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-279\" src=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pansintoplanes1-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with aluminium pans, World War Two, 10 July 1940.\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pansintoplanes1-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pansintoplanes1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pansintoplanes2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-280\" src=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pansintoplanes2-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"LON11_HOM_206.tif\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pansintoplanes2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pansintoplanes2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Metal was needed to make planes. Lord Beaverbrook asked the WVS (Womens Voluntary Service) to oversee the drive, and they went into action and\u00a0asked for the collection of\u00a0saucepans, frying pans, colanders, tea trays, kettles, pot lids, shoe trees and any other scrap they could find which contained aluminium. 1600 centers were set up throughout Britain as collection and storage centers for the metal. (Conjectures whether the collected metal was actually used or\u00a0the collection campaign was just propaganda exist.)<\/p>\n<p>Lord Beaverbrook, said in July, 1940, &#8220;We want it (aluminum) and we want it now. New and old, of every type and description, and all of it.\u00a0We will turn your pots and pans into Spitfires and Hurricanes, Blenheims and Wellingtons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZDTXTWv-xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>*Geoffrey Best (2005). Churchill and War. Humbledon and London<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recycling is nothing new; the collection of materials to be recycled, reused, and re-purposed was a popular theme in World War II. \u00a0The British people saw the implementation of scrap drives to collect metal to make planes and other necessary equipment for the war effort. 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