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Tokker transport plane, 9/25/29

Tokker transport plane, 9/25/29

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Loening amphibian plane, 1/25/26

Loening amphibian plane, 1/25/26

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Imperial Airways office & plane

Imperial Airways office & plane

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Mrs. McCracken christening plane, [5/23/29]

Mrs. McCracken christening plane, [5/23/29]

A black and white photo of a man standing on top of an airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Aeronautic Association of the United States of America. Plane interior to cockpit

National Aeronautic Association of the United States of America. Plane...

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Sicorsky plane. Mechanics working on plane

Sicorsky plane. Mechanics working on plane

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Airplanes. Eastern Lines plane III

Airplanes. Eastern Lines plane III

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Lydda Air Port. Palestine Airways plane close-up, showing name

Lydda Air Port. Palestine Airways plane close-up, showing name

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I.P.C. [i.e., Iraq Petroleum Company]. Plane on landing ground

I.P.C. [i.e., Iraq Petroleum Company]. Plane on landing ground

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hands with plane, Brother Ricardo Belden / Samuel Kravitt.

Hands with plane, Brother Ricardo Belden / Samuel Kravitt.

Photograph shows the hands of Brother Ricardo Belden using a wooden plane in a workshop at the Hancock Shaker village near Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Sudan. Omdurman. Air view. Sunrise from plane on leaving Khartoum area

Sudan. Omdurman. Air view. Sunrise from plane on leaving Khartoum area

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Sudan. Malakal. Passengers entering the plane southward bound

Sudan. Malakal. Passengers entering the plane southward bound

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Sudan. Malakal. Shiluks before the plane

Sudan. Malakal. Shiluks before the plane

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Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United States by plane from Mexico. Glendale California

Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United S...

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FIRST LADY CHRISTENS PLANE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 17. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND CAPT. EDDIE RICHENBACKER HOLDING THE BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE WHICH THE FIRST LADY USED TODAY IN CHRISTENING THE FLAGSHIP OF THE EASTERN AIR LINES WASHINGTON-NEW YORK RUN. UNDER THE NEW SCHEDULE WHICH STARTED TODAY, IT WILL BE A PLANE 'EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR' FROM 8 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT FROM WASHINGTON TO NEW YORK. THIS WILL MAKE THE RUN THE MOST FEQUENT AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE IN THE WORLD

FIRST LADY CHRISTENS PLANE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 17. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ...

A group of men standing next to an airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McNutt talks, Woodring listens. Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. Paul V. McNutt, High Commissioner to the Philippines who arrived in Washington today to make an official report, conferred at length with Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring this morning. Following the meeting both declined to comment on the transfer of Lt. Col. Davenport Johnson from Hamilton Field, Calif., to Chanute Field, Ill. Johnson is the flyer who piloted McNutt and his administrative assistant from San Francisco to Denver in an Army plane. Soon after Johnson's transfer to Chanute Field, known to the Air Corps as the Siberia of the Army, was announced, 2/23/38

McNutt talks, Woodring listens. Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. Paul V. McN...

Two men sitting at a table with papers and an american flag in the background. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a person on a surfboard. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a person on a surfboard. War Production FSA...

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Bomb bay gasoline tanks for long flights of B-25 bombers await assembly in the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. 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

Bomb bay gasoline tanks for long flights of B-25 bombers await assembl...

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A Marine Corps glider being towed by a power plane from Page Field, at Parris Island, S.C.

A Marine Corps glider being towed by a power plane from Page Field, at...

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Marine power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parr...

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Aircraft, naval. The Brewster "Buffalo" (F2A-1) Navy fighter is a favorite with many American Air Force and Royal Air Force pilots. This plane, which is usually based on a carrier, is exceedingly maneuverable and capable of excellent performance at high altitudes. Powered by a 1,000 horsepower Wright cyclone engine it has a top speed of about 330 miles per hour, a range of 1,000 miles and a ceiling of approximately 35,000 feet

Aircraft, naval. The Brewster "Buffalo" (F2A-1) Navy fighter is a favo...

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Washington, D.C. Passenger waiting for his plane in the lobby of the municipal airport

Washington, D.C. Passenger waiting for his plane in the lobby of the m...

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A black and white photo of two men in a control room. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of two men in a control room. Great Depression...

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A group of people watching a plane take off. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A group of people watching a plane take off. War Poduction. Office of ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a plane on a runway. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a plane on a runway. War Poduction. Office ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a plane. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a pl...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Three civilians were killed in this shrapnel-riddled car by a bomb dropped from a Jap plane eight miles from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941

Three civilians were killed in this shrapnel-riddled car by a bomb dro...

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A black and white photo of a small plane. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a small plane. Great Depression FFSA / OWI ...

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After a hearty meal of chicken, cadets R.J. Neal and G.D. Mabds climb into their pursuit plane, ready to take off. Craig Field, Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama

After a hearty meal of chicken, cadets R.J. Neal and G.D. Mabds climb ...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A power section for a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine is installed at a large Eastern plant. This, like all other manufacturing or assembly operations, is handled with the greatest care to assure faultless operation of a fine engine for a fine plane. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A power section for a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lake Muroc, California. One of the Flying Sergeants seated in his plane just before taking off

Lake Muroc, California. One of the Flying Sergeants seated in his plan...

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Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command base sixteen miles from Detroit, Michigan. Lieutenant Benton putting his duffle bag aboard the plane

Wayne County Airport, a United States Army Air Corps air ferry command...

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Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. The glider plane hangars

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment tra...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Punch-press dies are kept in order by this North American Aviation employee, who delivers them to the proper machines for specific jobs at the Inglewood, California, plant. This plant produces the battle-tested ("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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Punch-press dies are kept i...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. A new consolidated transport, just off the assembly line of a Western plant, taxies away from the flight hangar toward the flight runway for a takeoff. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87 and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting system in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. A new consolidated trans...

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Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear is all set to climb into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

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Jacksonville, Florida. Fighting French enlisted men in the cockpit of a plane at the United States Naval air station

Jacksonville, Florida. Fighting French enlisted men in the cockpit of ...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A skilled machinist operates a high speed hand saw to make production tools in the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A skilled machinist operate...

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San Antonio, Texas. From a position behind the "front lines", the airborne troopers were rushed to the objective on a split-second schedule to deliver the first blow in a carefully-planned offensive. A jeep is being loaded into a plane as part of this problem

San Antonio, Texas. From a position behind the "front lines", the airb...

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Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. Glider plane being towed through the sky

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment tra...

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Mitchell Field. "Plumbing system" of a fighting plane. The rear end of an air-cooled aviation engine with cowling removed, showing fuel lines, ignition leads, instrument leads and other intimate portions of the anatomy of a mighty flying power plant

Mitchell Field. "Plumbing system" of a fighting plane. The rear end of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

How lend-lease strikes at the Axis. Parts of this twin-engine plane's wings have been removed before the plane is hoisted aboard a ship being loaded at an Atlantic coast port with American arms for one of the United Nations

How lend-lease strikes at the Axis. Parts of this twin-engine plane's ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee River, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). At dawn, plane spreads insecticide on Tennessee River to destroy malaria-carrying mosquitoes

Tennessee River, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). At dawn, ...

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Los Angeles, California. "Flying Patch," a Currtiss "Warhawk" fighter plane complete except for engine and tail assembly, with simulated bullet holes and patches. It is used at the sheet metal mechanics school operated by the Anderson organization for the United States Army air force technical training command. The soldier trainees are shown punching holes, measuring for patch sizes, drilling, and riveting

Los Angeles, California. "Flying Patch," a Currtiss "Warhawk" fighter ...

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Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women become skilled shop technicians after careful instruction in the school at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. 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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women become skilled shop te...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. The cargo door of a consolidated transport plane is fitted into a tail fuselage opening at a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as C-87, and carries one of of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. The cargo door of a cons...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspection and tests at the flying field of a Western Aircraft plant. General Doolittle, who flew in a B-25 in the raid on Tokyo, has called this ship the best military plane in existence. It performs brilliantly at its 25,000-foot ceiling. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspecti...

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

Melbourne, Australia. Beaufort torpedo bomber final assembly plant. A plane in final assembly

Melbourne, Australia. Beaufort torpedo bomber final assembly plant. A ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Structural parts of a consolidated transport plane are installed in the "tunnel" of a tail fuselage section in a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Structural parts of a co...

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Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Center, a student mechanic and an instructor work side by side using identical tools and performing identical operations on wing sections. The same method is employed in training beginners to work on other jobs in plane construction

Training. Brooklyn Aviation Center. At the Brooklyn Aviation Trade Cen...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Varied programs are presented at North American's Inglewood, California, plant during lunch period. Here thousands watch a boxing match between two employees. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Varied programs are present...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Final additions are made to the shell of a consolidated transport plane in preparation for its trip down the final assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Final additions are made...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Stud bolts are installed on power cases for Pratt and Whitney airplane motors in a large Eastern plant. This plant is now making great numbers of the finest kind of airplane engines for the plane of our growing air force. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Stud bolts are install...

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Production. B-25 bombers. A wing brace assembly for a B-25 bomber is prepared for the assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. General Doolittle has called the ship the best military plane in existence. With plenty of speed, a 1700-mile cruising range and a ceiling of 25,000 feet, it has performed brilliantly as a medium bomber and as an escort plane. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. A wing brace assembly for a B-25 bomber is p...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Tracing a template outline on a sheet of duralumin for the making of a part for a consolidated transport plane. This ship is adapted from the B-24 bomber. It carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Tracing a template outli...

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Hydraulic mechanic at a Western aircraft plant greasing the landing gear of a consolidated transport, just before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line. This new transport, adapted from the B-24 bomber is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Hydraulic mechanic at a ...

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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Near the end of the North American Aviation assembly line at Inglewood, California, B-25 bombers near completion. Outer wing panels and camouflage are applied after the plane leaves the building. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Near the end of the North A...

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An American flying squadron in India. The ground crew works on a disabled plane amid wild bamboo. In fields such as this, American ground crews work miracles. Although this plane had a damaged wing, tail assembly and landing gear, it was repaired and back in the air the next day

An American flying squadron in India. The ground crew works on a disab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Center wing sections at a Western aircraft plant now producing consolidated B-24 bombers and transports. The new transport ship, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production -- and carries these great loads at high speeds

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Center wing sections at ...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A production control clerk at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant carries rush parts to various departments with a special luggage-carrying tricycle. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A production control clerk ...

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Production. B-25 bombers. Filing burrs from slots in sections of brass tubing used in construction of B-25 bombers at a Western aircraft plant. General Doolittle has called the ship the best military plane in existence. With plenty of speed, a 1700-mile cruising range and a ceiling of 25,000 feet, it has performed brilliantly as a medium bomber and as an escort plane. Fairfax bomber plant, Kansas City

Production. B-25 bombers. Filing burrs from slots in sections of brass...

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Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear climbs into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket

Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in c...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women handle all stockroom work at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. Here, a girl checks a jig out to an employee in the tool departmart. 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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Women handle all stockroom ...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Replacing the cylinders in a plane after overhauling it

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Indian workmen recondition a lend-lease Mohawk fighter plane in a workshop "somewhere in India." Repair equipment us supplied under lend-lease

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Indian workmen re...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Frederick, Maryland. The plane in which Walter Spangenberg, a student at Woodrow Wilson High School, made his first solo flight at Stevens Airport

Frederick, Maryland. The plane in which Walter Spangenberg, a student ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Caping and inspecting tubing. Two women workers are shown caping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Caping and inspecting tub...

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Washington, D.C. Selecting a plane from the tool cabinet in the wood shop

Washington, D.C. Selecting a plane from the tool cabinet in the wood s...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Ground crew mechanic making adjustments on a plane before it takes off

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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A plane of the United States Army air transport command being loaded

A plane of the United States Army air transport command being loaded

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Corpus Christi, Texas. A plane at the Civil Air Patrol base about to take off on a routine flight for coastal patrol duty

Corpus Christi, Texas. A plane at the Civil Air Patrol base about to t...

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A train of bombs drops from United States Army Air Forces plane on territory in the Aleutians held by the Japanese. Our fighting forces harass the enemy at this important outpost daily

A train of bombs drops from United States Army Air Forces plane on ter...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Electrical installation. This photogenic girl worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown making an electrical installation, an important step in the assembly of 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. Electrical installation. ...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Ground crew making routines overhaul of a patrol plane

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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A plane of the United States Army air transport command being loaded

A plane of the United States Army air transport command being loaded

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Flap installation. These workers at Vultee's Nashville plant are making flap installations on a row of outer wings which will subsequently be installed on 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 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. These ...

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The Coronade (PB2Y), a four-engine flying boat built for the U.S. Navy, is also used by the British Coastal Command. Also a product of Consolidated Vultee, it is the largest and most powerful plane in the Navy service

The Coronade (PB2Y), a four-engine flying boat built for the U.S. Navy...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Intelligence officer checking safety equipment issued to the pilot and observer of a patrol plane, including rubber boat and life jacket "Mae West," inflatable by carbon dioxide gas cartridges; repair kit to mend bullet holes in the boat; and dye container to color water for better identification; flash light with red lens for identification by night; smoke bombs; water markers; Very pistols; and rubber watertight flying suit

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. From the ship which brought it to Africa, an American P-40 fighter plane is loaded onto a waiting American truck which will carry it to an airport for uncrating and assembly

American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. From the ship which brough...

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Mechanics of a mobile unit removing the engine of a plane

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Mechanics of a mobi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mobile crane lifting the top from a crate containing a United States fighter plane awaiting assembly at the assembly, testing, and delivery point of American warplanes destined for Russia. Somewhere in Iran

Mobile crane lifting the top from a crate containing a United States f...

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

Washington, D.C. Detail of a B-29 bombing plane on public view at the National Airport

Washington, D.C. Detail of a B-29 bombing plane on public view at the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Atlantic convoys - A group of men working on a submarine

Atlantic convoys - A group of men working on a submarine

Photograph shows British seamen aboard the destroyer Vanoc "preparing the torpedo, before loading the tube." British Official Photo, A-4575. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture... More

Washington, D.C. Detail of a B-29 bombing plane on public view at the National Airport

Washington, D.C. Detail of a B-29 bombing plane on public view at the ...

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Part of an informal memorial to the victims of United Flight 93, which crashed in a nearby field after passengers fought with hijackers who had taken the plane and directed it to Washington during the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001

Part of an informal memorial to the victims of United Flight 93, which...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Wright Brothers plane in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Wright Brothers plane in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street with West Carson Street near Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue a...

Significance: The first constructed and oldest passenger incline plane in Pittsburgh, this system retains the 1882 safety brake and bull wheel and 1935 electrical system including drive motors, operating brakes... More

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street with West Carson Street near Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue a...

Significance: The first constructed and oldest passenger incline plane in Pittsburgh, this system retains the 1882 safety brake and bull wheel and 1935 electrical system including drive motors, operating brakes... More

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street with West Carson Street near Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue a...

Significance: The first constructed and oldest passenger incline plane in Pittsburgh, this system retains the 1882 safety brake and bull wheel and 1935 electrical system including drive motors, operating brakes... More

Laurel Hill Quarry, Incline Plane, Both sides of State Route 56, 2.4 miles East of State Route 711, Seward, Westmoreland County, PA

Laurel Hill Quarry, Incline Plane, Both sides of State Route 56, 2.4 m...

Significance: This inclined plane was constructed by the Conemaugh Stone Company to carry sandstone from its quarry at the crest of Laurel Hill to the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at the base of the mountain. ... More

[Torzhok, naberezhnaia Tvertsy. Na zadnem plane Voskresenskii monastyr']

[Torzhok, naberezhnaia Tvertsy. Na zadnem plane Voskresenskii monastyr...

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. ...

Significance: Facility 39 is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Its construction and ensuing modifications reflect the evolution of Navy activity at Ford Island, with periods of signif... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. ...

Significance: Facility 39 is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Its construction and ensuing modifications reflect the evolution of Navy activity at Ford Island, with periods of signif... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Training Center, Between Lexington Boulvevard and the sea plane ramps on the southwest side of Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Polaris Missile Lab & U.S. ...

Significance: Facility 39 is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Its construction and ensuing modifications reflect the evolution of Navy activity at Ford Island, with periods of signif... More

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-242 Survey number: HABS NJ-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Subsequent Work

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-242 Survey number: HABS NJ-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Subsequent Work

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-242 Survey number: HABS NJ-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Subsequent Work

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-242 Survey number: HABS NJ-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Subsequent Work

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-242 Survey number: HABS NJ-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Subsequent Work

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Davis-Agnew-Lloyd Houses, 86-88 Plane Street, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-242 Survey number: HABS NJ-180 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Subsequent Work

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