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A huge motor for a North American B-25 bomber is given a last check in the motor department before moving to final assembly. Other motors are Allisons for P-51

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A huge motor for a North American B-25 bomber is given a last check in the motor department before moving to final assembly. Other motors are Allisons for P-51

The motor of a North American B-25 bomber is given final adjustment before motor run-up

Engine controls are assembled on the firewall of a North American B-25 bomber by this final assembly worker

The motor on a North American B-25 bomber is adjusted before the initial flight

The motor of a North American B-25 bomber is given final adjustment before motor run-up

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American Aviation, Inc.'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Engine controls are assembled on the firewall of a North American B-25 bomber by this final assembly worker

North American employees assemble the cowling on Allison motors for the P-51 fighters

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

A huge motor for a North American B-25 bomber is given a last check in the motor department before moving to final assembly. Other motors are Allisons for P-51

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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california los angeles county inglewood safety film negatives motor american north american b bomber check department motor department other other motors allisons bombers b 25 mitchell b 25 b 25 bomber fighter p 51 mustang united states history industrial history factory workers library of congress
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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

label_outline Explore North American B, Check, P 51 Mustang

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, assembles control brackets for bomber and fighter planes. All parts are arranged conveniently in the semi-circle. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. On North American's "Sunshine" assembly line at Inglewood, California, a B-25 bomber is prepared for painting. Paper is taped to those areas to be painted. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

A North American P-51 nicknamed "My Girl" takes off from Iwo Jima, in the Bonin Islands

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Thousands of feet of insulated conductor wire that go into a North American B-25 bomber are sorted by this woman employee in the electrical assembly department at Inglewood, California. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Careful check is kept of every detail of production

Kansas City, Kansas. B-25 bombers on the flight ramp ready for a test flight at the North American Aviation, Inc.

A huge rubber tire is mounted on the landing gear strut of a North American B-25 before it moves to the final assembly line

One of the huge propellers for a North American B-25 bomber is delivered from the receiving dock to the proper department for assembly

Production. B-25 bombers. Tires, wing sections and empennage assemblies for B-25 bombers, ready for the assembly lines of a Western aircraft plant. General Doolittle has called the ship the best military plane in existence. With plenty of speed, a 1700- mile cruising range and a ceiling of 25,000 feet, it has performed brilliantly as a medium bomber and as an escort plane. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Checking part to blueprint. Here a pair of factory workers check the blueprint with a part which will go into the "Vengeance" dive bombers made at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

North American Aviation's P-51 fuselage overhead conveyor line

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california los angeles county inglewood safety film negatives motor american north american b bomber check department motor department other other motors allisons bombers b 25 mitchell b 25 b 25 bomber fighter p 51 mustang united states history industrial history factory workers library of congress