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Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas LCCN2017878301

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber1a34939v (cropped)

Wing detail, Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber1a34939v (cropped)

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber1a34939v

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Working inside fuselage of a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas

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12002-19.

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

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consolidated aircraft corporation airplane industry world war assembly line methods bombers texas fort worth transparencies color farm security administration office of war information color photographs howard r hollem photo liberator bomber ultra high resolution high resolution kodachrome film transparencies united states history library of congress
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01/01/1939
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fort worth
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label_outline Explore Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Assembly Line Methods

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, 40th Street locomotive shops

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Airplanes - Accidents - Air Service Flying School, Rich Field, Texas. Broke shock absorber when landing

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.

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Men of an air depot group studying the mechanism of one of the turrets of a bomber

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

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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Vertical stabilizer inspection. Women inspectors are shown inspecting the vertical stabilizers upon receipt from the sub-contractor prior to installation on "Vengeance" dive bombers made at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

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consolidated aircraft corporation airplane industry world war assembly line methods bombers texas fort worth transparencies color farm security administration office of war information color photographs howard r hollem photo liberator bomber ultra high resolution high resolution kodachrome film transparencies united states history library of congress