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Engine controls are assembled on the firewall of a North American B-25 bomber by this final assembly worker

Airman 1st Class Javier Saldana, 388th Aerospace Ground

An airman from the 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron aircraft maintenance unit performs a post-load inspection on an BDU-33 practice bomb

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viation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Rita Ashcroft, from Whitefish, Mont., replaces the nose wheel steering harness of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

Coast Guard cuttermen from units across the First District

Conversion. Automobile industry. To prepare an automobile assembly plant for war work, all overhead conveyors such as the one pictured above must be removed. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

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Engine controls are assembled on the firewall of a North American B-25 bomber by this final assembly worker

The motor of a North American B-25 bomber is given final adjustment before motor run-up

The motor of a North American B-25 bomber is given final adjustment before motor run-up

A North American employee assembles the landing gear mechanism inside the nacells of a B-25 bomber

A North American employee assembles the landing gear mechanism inside the nacells of a B-25 bomber

The motor on a North American B-25 bomber is adjusted before the initial flight

Cowling and controls are assembled on the motor of a B-25 bomber in the engine assembly department

A black and white photo of an airplane factory. Office of War Information Photograph

These two employees at North American Aviation work as a team while riveting a bomb bay door assembly for B-25

Engine controls are assembled on the firewall of a North American B-25 bomber by this final assembly worker

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label_outline Explore Firewall, North American B, B 25 Bomber

Air Force Maj. Caroline Jensen, Thunderbird pilot,

Nashville, Tennessee. Drop hammer operator stamping out parts for Vultee bombers

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. On North American's "Sunshine" assembly line at Inglewood, California, a B-25 bomber is prepared for painting. Paper is taped to those areas to be painted. 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

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

Interiör från elverkets dåvarande omformarstation vid Eneströmsgatan mellan fängelset och järnvägen.

A B-52H Stratofortress takes off for a Bomber Task

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Employees at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation return to their jobs after enjoying another lunch period program presented at the recreation center. 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

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Operating a gate valve which controls the flow of refined products through the Tulsa station of the Great Lakes pipeline. This line sends gasoline from Oklahoma to Minneapolis

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Aluminum cowl sections for B-17F heavy bombers are checked and inspected in the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F 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 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

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Parts for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber are cut on a routing machine in the Boeing plant in Seattle. The Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying high altitudes, has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes

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