Hello Rich;

I suspect that a lot of American machinery like LeBlonds ended up in
England during WWII. It always amazes me to read about the incredible
growth of manufacturing capability during those years in America and
England, and of course also in Germany and Japan. The quantity of
trucks, ships, aircraft, weapons, and all the associated components
that were turned out was phenominal. It's hard to imagine how many
lathes must have been running around the clock turning out parts. And
how many lathes were just making parts to build other lathes. I'm sure
that England's own machine tool companies were swamped, and any
American machines that were available were being shipped over.