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Kansas City, Kansas. A partial view of the flight ramp at North American Aviation, Inc.

A black and white photo of a plane in the air. Office of War Information Photograph

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Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas C-54 is the military version of the commerical transport DC-4 used by the airline companies. It is a four-engined, low-wing monoplane designed for long-range personal transport. The commercial version was designed for forty day passengers and twenty-eight sleeper passengers. Its passenger-carrying capacity after modifications for military service is not revealed

A black and white photo of a plane in the air. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of an airplane flying in the sky. Office of War Information Photograph

Aircraft. Army. The Douglas C-54 is the military version of the commercial transport DC-4 used by the airline companies. It is a four-engine low-wing monoplane designed for a long-range personnel transport. The commercial model was designed for forty day passengers and twenty-eight sleeper passengers. Its passenger carrying capacity after modifications for military service is not revealed

Aircraft. Army. The Douglas C-54 is the military version of the commercial transport DC-4 used by the airline companies. It is a four-engine low-wing monoplane designed for a long-range personnel transport. The commercial model was designed for forty day passengers and twenty-eight sleeper passengers. Its passenger carrying capacity after modifications for military service is not revealed

Aircraft. Army. The Douglas C-54 is the military version of the commercial transport DC-4 used by the airline companies. It is a four-engine low-wing monoplane designed for a long-range personnel transport. The commercial model was designed for forty day passengers and twenty-eight sleeper passengers. Its passenger carrying capacity after modifications for military service is not revealed

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas C-47 is the military version of the commerical transport DC-3 used by the airline companies. It is a twin-engined, low-wing monoplane capable of carrying heavy cargo. The main cabin is provided with a large loading door and a reinforced floor. It may also be arranged with folding benches to accomodate twenty-eight fully equipped fighting men

A black and white photo of a plane flying over a body of water. Office of War Information Photograph

Production. C-47 transport planes. Noses and center wings for Douglas C-47 transport planes move toward the assembly line at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, where they will be joined to their assigned fuselages. The versatile C-47 performs many important tasks for the Army. It ferries men and cargo across the oceans and mountains, tows gliders and brings paratroopers and their equipment to scenes of action

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas C-54 is the military version of the commerical transport DC-4 used by the airline companies. It is a four-engined, low-wing monoplane designed for long-range personal transport. The commercial version was designed for forty day passengers and twenty-eight sleeper passengers. Its passenger-carrying capacity after modifications for military service is not revealed

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01/01/1942
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A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Information Photograph

Straining for the first glimpse of the marchers, Dorothy Belaski (left) of Ozone Park, Queens, and Patricia Caserta of Brooklyn hold their Erin Go Bragh flags / World Telegram photo by Al Ravenna.

B-24 Liberator Bomber and C-87 Liberator Express. Cross-section of the C-87 Liberator Express shows the transport as an adaptation of the B-24 Liberator bomber. In the Liberator Express, the fuselage is stripped, the nose is closed, turrets are eliminated and a large loading door installed. It has a top speed of over 300 miles per hour and a range of approximately 3,000 miles

[Alphonse Penaud design for twin-propeller monoplane with large wing]

The Douglas A-24 (Dauntless) light dive bomber, is the Army counterpart of the Navy SBD, with certain modifications to meet Army requirements. It was designed for dive-bombing operations against ground troops and installations. It is equipped with slotted diving flaps to decrease air speed and obtain greater accuracy. The Dauntless is more maneuverable than the German Stuka and is capable of carrying heavier bomb loads

Bleriot monoplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Bombs hurtle toward a Nazi highway bridge. With their rail and shipping facilities almost completely disrupted, the Germans were forced to resort to motor transport. All roads and bridges in central Italy became targets for Allied aerial assaults

B-29 Super Fortress. Farm Security Administartion 1930s public domain photo.

Photograph of Ludmilla Schollar, Alice Nikitina, Serge Lifar, Walter Nouvel, Serge Grigoriev, Lubov Tchernicheva, Olga Kokhlova, [Picasso's wife], Paulo Picasso [Picasso's son], Mme. Trusevich, and Pablo Picasso, no date, no photographer

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing planes for their men at the front. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at the plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Safe clothes for women war workers. Estelle Hendel, twenty-eight, a guard at the Bendix Aviation Plant in Brooklyn, stands before the company service flag and gives the correct salute. Bendix Aviation Plant, Brooklyn, New York

Pan American Airlines, Long Island City. Model II

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nitrate negatives douglas aircraft army aircraft army douglas c version transport dc transport dc airline companies airline companies monoplane forty passengers forty day passengers twenty eight sleeper twenty eight sleeper passengers capacity modifications service ww 2 bombers farm security administration 1940 s bomber propeller aircraft civil aviation passenger aircraft airlines united states history library of congress