Production. B-17F heavy bomber. Machine screws to be used in building new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers in the Boeing plant in Seattle are attached to hangers which suspend them in anodizing tank. In the tanks they will receive a protective plating to prevent corrosion. The Flying Fortress, a four-engine heavy bomber capable of flying at high altitudes, has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere
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Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999, photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Seattle, 47.60383, -122.33006
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain