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In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is finished on a huge turret lathe, North American- Aviation, Inc, Inglewood, Calif

In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is finished on a huge turret lathe, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, California. Hands of a skilled machinist working on a part for a B-25 bomber or P-51 fighter

North American Aviation, Incorporated. Inglewood, California(?). A Wright whirlwind engine for a B-25 bomber receiving a final checkup before moving to the final assembly floor

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships on the outdoor assembly line, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif

North American Aviation, Incorporated. Inglewood, California(?). A Wright whirlwind engine for a B-25 bomber receiving a final checkup before moving to the final assembly floor

North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, California

North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, California. Hands of a skilled machinist working on a part for a B-25 bomber or P-51 fighter

View of the B-25 final assembly line at North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant

In North American's modern machine shop, another aircraft part is finished on a huge turret lathe, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif

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12002-38.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

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01/01/1939
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label_outline Explore Aircraft Part, Turret Lathe, North American Aviation Inc

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, assembles control brackets for bomber and fighter planes. All parts are arranged conveniently in the semi-circle. 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 jig builder lines up a metal plate prior to cutting it to the correct contour. Employed at 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

R.E.F., Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, Long Island. Riveting

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. The accuracy of a milling machine operation is checked by an inspector in a machine shop at the Inglewood, California, plant of the North American Aviation. The casting being milled will be part of the landing gear of a P-51 fighter plane. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 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.

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Tel Aviv. Diamond works. Diamond cutting on lathes

Interiör från Geijers motoraffärs verkstad. Företaget låg vid Herrgårdsgatan 17 men hade även en verkstad i glasbruksfastigheten vid Karlagatan på Herrhagen. Bilden tagen 1944.

In North American's foundry, kirksite is poured into a mould

Conversion. Food machinery plant. This turret lathe was purchased second-hand from a nearby shoe factory to speed production on war subcontracts held by a New England plant which formerly turned out cube steak machinery. Edwin Becker is checking on a retooling job in progress which will eventually fit the new lathe to thread three-and-a-quarter-inch hexagonal nuts. Becker is checking the measurements of the tool hole in the turret with those of the specially-built tap which will do the threading. Cube Steak Machine Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Thousands of feet of insulated conductor wire that go into a North American B-25 bomber are sorted by this woman employee in the electrical assembly department at Inglewood, California. 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

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north american aviation inc airplane industry assembly line methods world war lathes california inglewood transparencies color farm security administration office of war information color photographs alfred t palmer photo north american machine shop aircraft part turret lathe ultra high resolution high resolution kodachrome film transparencies industrial facilities machine shops united states history workers library of congress