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Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Marmalade_Photography said:
    woman's work is never done!
  • Alina Dolinschi said:
    wonderful capture of the past
  • Anna said:
    Of course they found it necessary to emphasize that the women inspectors are 'carefully trained'!
  • Poozlink said:
    Really amazing! I am glad to see the color photo of WWII!
  • technogeo said:
    These parts are for Douglas C-47 (or "Dakota") cargo planes. The "innerwing" is called the "center wing" or the "wing and nacelle assembly - complete" in the Parts List for this plane. The women are inspecting the upper surfaces of the starboard nacelles.

A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e., B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company (LOC)

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  • Mario S said:
    I love all these pictures. But I just wanted to represent for my profession. Line Service baby! In history forever.
  • Flyer31 said:
    These are B-25's NOT A-20 Havocs. Easy to spot difference is the tail assembly. B-25 has a twin tail. A-20 had a single tail. Note: The A-20 also had the nickname: Widow Maker
  • Mitch Chapman said:
    "Widow Maker" was a nickname for the Martin B-26 Marauder: www.flickr.com/photos/hawk914/533638778/ When introduced the B-26 had a comparatively high accident rate. Those who flew it noted that early models had a problem with runaway propellers (constant speed props failing to flat pitch at takeoff): www.b26.com/page/shop_talk.htm
  • perfgeek said:
    I suspect there have been several aircraft called "widow maker" over the years :) Thankfully, my father survived the A-20 quite well :) I do think that the term Widow Maker might have been applied to the night fighter version of the A-20, or perhaps its successor. One was IIRC the P-60, the other the P-71 and I can never remember which was which.
  • Mitchel25J (69 plus million Views Thank You ) said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called North American B-25 Mitchells, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. These are B-25C on the North American Company line.

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") as

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  • Flyer31 said:
    This is the front end of a C-47. The woman has inserted the rivit and is controlling the rivit gun. The man is holding a "T" bucking bar against the end of the rivit so it will flare and draw the aluminum sheets together. Styaged, but nice.
  • Eric Hunt said:
    The lighting is incredible. Really good stuff.
  • Chris Rudge said:
    Great lighting to highlight just the subject closely.. But I recall from other shots of the era, that this was how it was done
  • Bill Hammond said:
    I didn't know there was transparency film in 1942. I agree with ChrisRudge and Eric in SF. This is great lighting. I had one flight in a C47. Was this the one?
  • Eric Hunt said:
    Kodachrome came out in 1935. There were earlier, larger format color reversal films prior to Kodachrome.