Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Carburetor adjustment. A flight service mechanic is shown here making adjustments on the carburetor of a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured 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
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 1492.
Tags
tennessee
davidson county
nashville
safety film negatives
lot 1989
alfred t palmer
united states office of war information
photo
vengeance
dive bombers
a 31
royal air force
army air forces
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1943
Location
davidson county
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain