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Girl inspector confers with a worker as she makes a a careful check of center wings for C-47 transport planes, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Girl inspector confers with a worker as she makes a a careful check of...

12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Men and women make efficient operating teams on riveting and other jobs at the Douglas Aircraft plant, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Men and women make efficient operating teams on riveting and other job...

Photo shows a woman and man working on a Douglas Aircraft Company cockpit shell identified as a C-47 based on the window outline. Although sometimes called a 'biscuit bomber, 'the plane was for transport. (Sou... More

Huge drop hammers work day and night forming sheet metal parts for United Nations bombers and fighters at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, Inglewood, Calif. The heavy hemp rope is used to snub the hammer so that it forms the part under proper pressure and rises clear of the work after each operation. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Huge drop hammers work day and night forming sheet metal parts for Uni...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, one of many women taking NYA training to become mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks apprenticeship she will be qualified as a civil service worker in the Assembly and Repair Department

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieute...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Installing an engine at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, F...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run

Inspecting of landing wheel of the transport planes at Willow Run

Photo shows the Willow Run manufacturing plant, run by the Ford Motor Company near Ypsilanti, Michigan, which made the B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Lot 120... More

Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport plane in the tunnel of a tail fuselage section at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Installing structural parts of a C-87 transport plane in the tunnel of...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (right) now "keeps 'em flyin'" at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a supervisor under civil service in the Assembly and Repair Department. It is her job to maintain morale among the women to help them solve housing and other personal problems. With her is Jo Ann Whittington, an NYA trainee at the plant

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, M...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships on the outdoor assembly line, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line t...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Wright Aeronautical Corp., Paterson, New Jersey. Exterior IV

Wright Aeronautical Corp., Paterson, New Jersey. Exterior IV

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Wright Aeronautical Corp., Paterson, New Jersey. Exterior II

Wright Aeronautical Corp., Paterson, New Jersey. Exterior II

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Liberty Aircraft Corp., Farmingdale, Long Island. Exterior, at night

Liberty Aircraft Corp., Farmingdale, Long Island. Exterior, at night

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Broad, general view

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Broad...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Exterior from gate

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Exter...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Ceiling detail

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Ceili...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Cafeteria close-up

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Cafet...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. To main entrance II

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. To ma...

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R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Die

R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Die

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B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Presses

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Presses

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B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Sand blasting

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Sand blasting

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Three presses

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Three presses

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Arc welding

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Arc welding

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B & H Aircraft Corporation. B & H Aircraft VI

B & H Aircraft Corporation. B & H Aircraft VI

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Die

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Die

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Large press II

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Large press II

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. General view assembly

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. General view assembly

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Punch press

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Punch press

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B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Vane cascade assembly I

B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Vane cascade ...

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B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Vane cascade assembly II

B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Vane cascade ...

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B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Complete tank, reverse side

B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Complete tank...

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B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Exploded injector assembly

B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Explode...

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B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Injector complete, top

B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Injecto...

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B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Tiger tooth

B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Tiger t...

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Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Ven...

12002-41. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., Bristol fighter fuselage dept

Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., Bristol fighter fuselage dept

Interior of airplane plant, Buffalo, N.Y. No. 1118. Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glenn L. Martin Co. airplane factory. View of airplane factory building I

Glenn L. Martin Co. airplane factory. View of airplane factory buildin...

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With a woman's determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, Corpus Christi, Texas. Before she came to work at the Naval air base she was a department store girl. Now she is a cowler under civil service

With a woman's determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, ...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the sc...

12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before ...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic at the Naval Air Base, in the Assembly and Repair Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic ...

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Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Lowering an engine in place in assembling a C-87 transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Lowering an engine in place in assembling a C-87 transport plane at th...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Transport plane takes off on test flight, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Transport plane takes off on test flight, Consolidated Aircraft Corp.,...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Sheet metal parts are numbered with this pneumatic numbering machine in North American's sheet metal department, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif

Sheet metal parts are numbered with this pneumatic numbering machine i...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the field of North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Inglewood, Calif

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the ...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi, Texas. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war, is doing her part for victory along with her brother who is a flying instructor in the Army. Miss Weaver paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings

Women from all fields have joined the production army, Corpus Christi,...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships on the outdoor assembly line, North

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line t...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air...

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Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machine gun he has just installed on a Navy plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machi...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in the air corps. She is working on transport parts in the hand mill, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in th...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island. Interior I

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island. Interior I

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Edo Aircraft Corporation, 14th Ave., Whitestone, Long Island. Exterior I

Edo Aircraft Corporation, 14th Ave., Whitestone, Long Island. Exterior...

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Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island. General exterior, under plane wing

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island. General ext...

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Edo Aircraft Corporation, 14th Ave., Whitestone, Long Island. Exterior I

Edo Aircraft Corporation, 14th Ave., Whitestone, Long Island. Exterior...

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Edo Aircraft Corporation, 14th Ave., Whitestone, Long Island. Exterior II

Edo Aircraft Corporation, 14th Ave., Whitestone, Long Island. Exterior...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Stairway to girders

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Stair...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Sharp view

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Sharp...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. To secretary desk II

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. To se...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Balcony to stairs

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Balco...

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B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Lathes

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Lathes

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B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Three small machines

B & H Aircraft, Farmingdale, Long Island. Three small machines

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R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Press break

R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Press break

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Friction band saw I

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Friction band saw I

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Welding department

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Welding department

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B & H Aircraft Corporation. B & H Aircraft II

B & H Aircraft Corporation. B & H Aircraft II

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B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Assembly vane cascade, in billing boring mill

B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Assembly vane...

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B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Vane cascade assembly I

B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Vane cascade ...

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B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Complete assembly

B & H Aircraft, Eastern Pkwy., Farmingdale, Long Island. Complete asse...

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B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Injector complete, top

B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Injecto...

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B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Injector complete, bottom

B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Injecto...

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B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Inlet manifold, exploded

B & H Aircraft, 441 Eastern Parkway, Farmingdale, Long Island. Inlet m...

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The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

Glenn L. Martin Co. airplane factory. Airplanes in factory I

Glenn L. Martin Co. airplane factory. Airplanes in factory I

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F bomber 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

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant...

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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

Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes i...

12002-41. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Working with the electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

Working with the electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Bea...

12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

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

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior ...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, ...

12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Members of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, observe wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of the B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Members of the experimental staff at the North American Aviation, Inc....

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes, Corpus Christi, Texas. As an NYA trainee at the Naval Air Base, he gets practical experience. After about eight weeks, he will go into civil service as a sheet metal worker

Working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the constr...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

A C-87 transport plane, just off the assembly line, at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation field, Fort Worth, Texas

A C-87 transport plane, just off the assembly line, at the Consolidate...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Working with a sea-plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Working with a sea-plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasolin...

Photograph shows 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. 12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Of... More

In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is finished on a huge turret lathe, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif

In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is fini...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island. Interior II

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., Bethpage, Long Island. Interior II

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Curtiss Wright Corp., Caldwell, New Jersey. General view, entrance facade

Curtiss Wright Corp., Caldwell, New Jersey. General view, entrance fac...

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Liberty Aircraft Corp., Farmingdale, Long Island. Exterior, at night

Liberty Aircraft Corp., Farmingdale, Long Island. Exterior, at night

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. To main entrance IV

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. To ma...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Guest dining room

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Guest...

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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Conference room II

Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Bayshore, Long Island, New York. Confe...

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R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Riveting

R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Riveting

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R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Punch presses

R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Punch presses

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B & H Aircraft. B & H Aircraft I

B & H Aircraft. B & H Aircraft I

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Furnace I

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Furnace I

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Final assembly

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Final assembly

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Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Inspection

Ledkote, Vernon Blvd., Astoria, Long Island. Inspection

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