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Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Final assembly of the Vengeance (V72) bomber

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01/01/1942
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Delano, Jack, photographer
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Nashville (Tenn.) ,  36.16583, -86.78444
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Nashville, Tennessee. Women operation a giant stamping machine. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

A black and white photo of a group of people in a hangar. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

Known as the P4Y Flying Boat, this new ship is said to be the fastest patrol plane in the Navy. A product of the newly-formed Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company, it combines all of the latest combat developments

Jack Delano - Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. In the engine installation section

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Rivet inspection on a rear monocoque. Two women workers at Vultee's Nashville Division are pictured at their jobs of inspecting rivets in a row of tail cones to be installed in the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Landing gear installation. This woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before installation of the landing gear. This is one of the numerous assembly operations in connection with the mass production of Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. 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 single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

A black and white photo of two men in a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Installing landing gear on wing parts in a sub-assembly section

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Spark-plug installation. Workers are installing spark plugs in the powerful Wright "double cyclone" engine used in the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville Division. Note the partially completed "Vengeance" in the background. 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

A black and white photo of a woman working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

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tennessee davidson county nashville nitrate negatives nashville tenn vultee aircraft company vultee aircraft company final vengeance bomber bombers farm security administration v 72 vengeance bomber united states history military aircraft propeller driven aircraft library of congress industrial history