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Nashville, Tennessee. Working on fuselage section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on fuselage section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on fuselage section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on fuselage section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on fuselage section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on fuselage section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

A couple of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

Nashville, Tennessee. In the wing assembly section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Riveting fuselage sections. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. Working on fuselage section. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

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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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