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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women take over the operation of some of the heaviest tools at the Inglewood, Calfornia plant of North American Aviation Incorporated. Day and night, shifts of girl employees use this huge hydraulic press to form thousands of sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes. 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 in Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women take over the operati...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Two loftsmen scribe a template on metal that will later be cut and form the master template to form thousands of parts for North American bombers and fighters

Two loftsmen scribe a template on metal that will later be cut and for...

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Two loftsmen scribe a template on metal that will later be cut and form the master template to form thousands of parts for North American bombers and fighters

Two loftsmen scribe a template on metal that will later be cut and for...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More