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Kansas City, Kansas. Men working on two floors, assembling parts of a B-25 bomber, at the North American Aviation Inc. plant

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wyandotte county kansas city safety film negatives men floors two floors parts bomber american aviation inc north american aviation inc plant bombers b 25 mitchell b 25 b 25 bomber 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
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Kansas City ,  39.10785, -94.73432
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

label_outline Explore North American Aviation Inc, Floors, Wyandotte County

Crew No. 14 (Plane #40-2297, target Nagoya): 89th

Crew No. 5 (Plane #40-2283, target Tokyo): 95th Bombardment

Air Force Maj. Caroline Jensen, Thunderbird pilot,

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

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F(Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

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

A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F bomber 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

Kansas City, Kansas. Workmen assembling parts of a plane at the North American Aviation Inc. plant

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

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

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

The B-25J Mitchell was used by the 1st Air Commando

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wyandotte county kansas city safety film negatives men floors two floors parts bomber american aviation inc north american aviation inc plant bombers b 25 mitchell b 25 b 25 bomber 1940 s 40 s united states history library of congress