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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Rear monocoque assembly. These huge vertical jigs are used at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. for assembling the rear monocoque of the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. A short stairway makes it possible for workers to reach easily all parts of the monocoque sections. 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. Installing on overhead conveyor. Here is a view of the first complete overhead mechanized final assembly conveyor line during installation at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., where the "Vengeance" dive bomber is manufactured. The conveyor is now in full operation. 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. Riveting an aft section assembly. Two women workers are teamed up on a riveting job on an aft section assembly which will go into the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, now in full production at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque. Using a hand drill, the young woman in this scene is drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque, a step in the fabrication process of manufacturing Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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. Drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque. Using a hand drill, the young woman in this scene is drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque, a step in the fabrication process of manufacturing Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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. Tail cone sub-assembly. In this scene one girl is operating a rivet gun as another girl bucks the rivets in the tail cone sub-assembly, a fabrication operation in the manufacture of the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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. Flap installation. This pair of workers are adjusting a flap installation on the outer wings upon arrival from the sub-contractor's plane prior to installation on the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers 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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Rear monocoque assembly. These huge vertical jigs are used at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. for assembling the rear monocoque of the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. A short stairway makes it possible for workers to reach easily all parts of the monocoque sections. 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

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

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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 1539.

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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
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Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Wings for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Davidson County Courthouse & Public Building, Public Square, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Fiberglass yarns are twisted and plied on standard textile machinery as a step in the manufacture of tapes and cloths, used principally to insulate electric equipment operating under heavier loads today than ever before

Production. Marine boilers. Grinding of welded seams inside the drum of a large marine boiler at a Midwest plant which has converted its facilities to war production

Mitchell Field. The eagle puts foot to earth. An air-crew officer dressed in full combat gear inspects a bomber landing wheel. Part of the retracting mechanism is shown

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "Vengeance" (A-31) dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. 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. Vertical stabilizer inspection. Women inspectors are shown inspecting the vertical stabilizers upon receipt from the sub-contractor prior to installation on "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

Make your scrap tires save lives. Life rafts like this, standard equipment on American war planes that fly over stretches of open water, have saved the lives of many air crews. Men have been rescued after floating in them for weeks. The ten pounds of rubber in one of these vitally important rafts is about the amount of rubber in a worn automobile tire ready for scrapping

Women war workers during World War I

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. It's all a matter of relative angles and turning speeds. Properly set, this gear-cutting machine tool will produce any kind of beveled, spur, hypoid or other kind of gear. The small hypoid bevel gear shown partially cut in the center of the picture will soon become part of another machine tool after it has been heat-treated, ground, lapped and thoroughly tested and checked

Conversion. Beverage containers to aviation oxygen cylinders. The first step in the manufacture of high-altitude-flying shatterproof oxygen cylinders in the metal department of a large rubber factory is the forming or stamping of the shell. Stainless steel sheets are blanked or cut into discs(left foreground). Before stamping, these discs are drawn through rolls where a drawing compound is added to both sides to facilitate the forming of the shell. The 750-ton toggle press, shown above, forms a half cylinder in one powerful stroke. Once the half cylinder is formed, it is trimmed and the value-fitting hole is punched into the spherical dome. A cleaning operation later removes the drawing compound. The cylinder halves are now ready for the various welding operations. Firestone, Akron, Ohio

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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