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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Its aluminum body shining in the sunlight, this advanced trainer palne is taxied into the airport by a line man. Technically, this is an SNC plane, or advanced training ship

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Skimming across the water in a perfect landing, a Navy training ship M2M, approaches the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. This is a type of plane used for training cadets at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Skimming across the water in a perfect landing, a Navy training ship M2M, approaches the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. This is a type of plane used for training cadets at the base

A couple of men working on a plane. Office of War Information Photograph

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The pilots fly it, but the ground crew keeps it flying. Every ship, after so many hours in the air must be completely reconditioned. Here, in a hanger of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas, women Civil Service workers of the assembly and repair department are trained to check carefully every part of the plane. Service of a Navy PBY ship

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Lined up and looking eager for flight are Navy fighter palnes at the Navy Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. These biplane F3F's are constantly reconditioned by sailor mechanics at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy N2S, primary land plane, ready for afternoon flight trips at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. These ships are completely reconditioned after fulfilling their service schedules by civil service employees at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Ready to soar out over the water, this N3N training plane coasts down the plank to launching. Cadets at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, are trained in planes carefully conditioned by sailor mechanics at the base

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A couple of cranks--and let her go! Sailors at the naval air base in Corpus, Christi, Texas, start the N3N training ships in this way for the Navy pilots at the base who fly the planes

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Its aluminum body shining in the sunlight, this advanced trainer palne is taxied into the airport by a line man. Technically, this is an SNC plane, or advanced training ship

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942
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label_outline Explore Trainer, Sunlight, Nueces County

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

New Hadassah University Medical Centre, Jerusalem (Scopus). Main hall leading to general elevators seen in background. With sunlight

Washington Monument. Aluminum cap of Washington Monument with lightning rods III

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W. Gardner of Illinois who used to be a crane operator

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

U.S. Naval Air Station, Marine Barracks, 232 East Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Perched high in the nose of a plane, this sailor mechanic is inspecting a Navy PBY at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship has been reconditioned by civil service employee in the assembly and repair Department at the base. Every ship, after fulfilling its schedule of service, must be completely reconditioned. This work is done by the assembly and repair department

Anacostia, Washington, D.C. Naval air station. Naval officer

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Aluminum cowl sections for B-17F heavy bombers are checked and inspected in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Virginia Young (right) whose husband was one of the first casualties of World War II, is a supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department of the Naval Air Base. Her job is to find convenient and comfortable living quarters for women workers from out of the state, like Ethel Mann, who operates an electric drill

Sunlight waltz - Public domain American sheet music

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