5,500 aircraft melted down at Kingman alone between 1945 and 1948 with a total salvage value of $7.5-million - $1,365 per plane, which were nearly all bombers. I guess no one wanted the metal ingots. There were at least 30 other salvage facilities doing the same thing and some of them were larger than the Kingman operation.
http://www.airplaneboneyards.com/kin...rd-storage.htm
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