Remember the average times may only reflect when it was at peak operating efficiency. I believe there was a joke going around about Willow Run at one time that it was misnamed, it should have been called "Will It Run?"
The Wellington record is pretty impressive by itself, this was in a country that was being bombed every night and under the treat of invasion.
A record that I can also remember is the speed of HMS Dreadnought was built. 1 year and a day was Fishers claim, but she was only read for trials, and wasn't fully ready for another 2 months.
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