october1942

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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 uploaded January 2008
This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-1 from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Lieutenant "Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Company plants, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in acti from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Riveter at work at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant in Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Annette del Sur publicizing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Annette del Sur public[iz]ing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Annette del Sur public[iz]ing salvage campaign in yard of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. (LOC)

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Gerry Slabaugh said:
Thank the Great Generation, BOTH Men and Women who helped us to keep our Freedom.

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 th

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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 this added to the group!

Sheet metal parts are numbered with this pneumatic numbering machine in North American's sheet metal department, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. (LOC)

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Arashi Kage said:
gimme tha metaaal!