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Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif

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Woman working on a Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone (Cyclone 14) 14-cylinder radial airplane engine at North American Aviation's plant in Inglewood, California, in June 1942. The engine is probably intended for a North American B-25 Mitchell twin-engined bomber.

Original title: Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif.

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images from the library of congress june 1942 in inglewood california photographs by alfred t palmer at the north american aviation factory women at work in the united states in world war ii wright r 2600 wwii ultra high resolution high resolution world war ii women in world war ii art deco world war 2 inglewood california wwii photographs
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01/06/1942
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label_outline Explore June 1942 In Inglewood California, Wright R 2600, Photographs By Alfred T Palmer At The North American Aviation Factory

Brussels manuscript 9085 - Page 25, engraving, Library of Congress

Shadowland, November 1922 - Art Deco public domain image

Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece

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

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.

TOWNER, HORACE M. HONORABLE

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

Air Raid Shelter Under the Railway Arches, South East London, England, 1940 D1597

Operating a hand drill at the North American Aviation, Inc., a woman is in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane

Mr. Jack Yusen of the USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (DE 413) Survivors Association, representing the survivors of the World War II destroyer escort, speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS CARR (FFG 52) at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. The USS CARR is named in honor of Gunner`s Mate 3rd Class Paul Henry Carr (1924-1944), who died heroically aboard the USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS during the battle off the coast of Samar

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Constantine P. Lihas, a twenty-one year old Greek-American soldier, formerly a material handler at the General Electric Company plant at Pittsburgh. Both parents were born in Greece; father came to the United States in 1906, mother in 1921. He was born in this country and has been in the army five months. Lihas in a decontamination outfit

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images from the library of congress june 1942 in inglewood california photographs by alfred t palmer at the north american aviation factory women at work in the united states in world war ii wright r 2600 wwii ultra high resolution high resolution world war ii women in world war ii art deco world war 2 inglewood california wwii photographs