Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. The accuracy of a milling machine operation is checked by an inspector in a machine shop at the Inglewood, California, plant of the North American Aviation. The casting being milled will be part of the landing gear of a P-51 fighter plane. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Inglewood, 33.96168, -118.35313
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain