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[Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of James E. Fechet, Chief of the Air Corps, half-length portrait, standing by airplane, facing left]

[Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of James E. Fechet, Chief of the Air Corps...

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Billie Mitchell takes stand. General William Mitchell, former head of the U.S. Air Corps, was one of the outstanding witnesses to give testimony at the secret hearing of the House Military Affairs Committee considering the Wilcox Air Base Bill. 2/13/35

Billie Mitchell takes stand. General William Mitchell, former head of ...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McNutt talks, Woodring listens. Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. Paul V. McNutt, High Commissioner to the Philippines who arrived in Washington today to make an official report, conferred at length with Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring this morning. Following the meeting both declined to comment on the transfer of Lt. Col. Davenport Johnson from Hamilton Field, Calif., to Chanute Field, Ill. Johnson is the flyer who piloted McNutt and his administrative assistant from San Francisco to Denver in an Army plane. Soon after Johnson's transfer to Chanute Field, known to the Air Corps as the Siberia of the Army, was announced, 2/23/38

McNutt talks, Woodring listens. Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. Paul V. McN...

Two men sitting at a table with papers and an american flag in the background. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Testing one of 12,000 General Electric electrically heated flying suits being made for the U.S. Air Corps, at sixty-three degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) in cold room at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. D. C. Spooner, Jr., head of General Electric pioneer products division, Bridgeport, in suit

Testing one of 12,000 General Electric electrically heated flying suit...

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Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these members of the Air Corps quickly don their masks. They never know when the driver is going to pull the cord and release a charge of tear gas in their direction, to ensure their being on the alert

Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these m...

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An American flying squadron in India. A switch in time. Seated in his mahogany bed with mosquito netting overhead and busily sewing is Captain John B. Wilson of Deer Lodge, Montana. He has been in India for more than six months. Prior to joining the Air Corps, he flew for United Airlines as co-pilot on the Seattle-San Francisco run

An American flying squadron in India. A switch in time. Seated in his ...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The conversion of a big aut...

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Aluminum casting. Hundreds of delicate operations are required before aluminum parts for Uncle Sam's Army and Air Corps can be acquired. Here excess aluminum alloy is poured into a holding pot. Aluminum Industries Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Aluminum casting. Hundreds of delicate operations are required before ...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. The adaptability of grinding machines to this work helped speed the conversion of the auto factory which is now making these guns. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A grinding operation on the...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A former automotive worker in a converted auto plant sights through the precision-made breech of a machine gun for the Air Corps. One of thousands of examples of the way American enterprise threw its technical skill and its tremendous mass production facilities behind the war production drive. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A former automotive worker ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aluminum castings. Aluminum castings stacked on trucks in a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to production of articles for the army and air corps. These cylinders are now ready for heat treatment

Aluminum castings. Aluminum castings stacked on trucks in a large Midw...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile parts. Now the big auto plant in which he works is using his skill to make machine guns for the Air Corps. After each operation, the gun barrels are racked on trucks for removal to succeeding operations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. He used to make automobile ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Since the days of early American gunsmiths, our arms manufacturers have taken pride in the quality of their work. Today, a skilled worker in a converted auto plant feels that same pride as he bores a machine gun barrel for Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Since the days of early Ame...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a converted auto plant, now turning out machine guns for the Air Corps, comes through with plenty of these important tools of war. And the tide of American productive power is still far from being reached. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. An assembly line in a conve...

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Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. Aluminum parts for the Air Corps are welded at an Eastern plant that used to make metal screens for windows and doors. Among the items now produced are junction boxes, switch boxes for airplane tow targets and navigator windows for bombers

Conversion. Metal screens to bomber windows. Aluminum parts for the Ai...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

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Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband went into the air corps, Mary Saverick makes parachute harnesses for him and all the other husbands and brothers in the corps. "He's doing all he can to help win the war," she says, "it's only right that I should, too." Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. Married only two weeks when her husband ...

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[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilots in the history of the US Army Air Corps who were graduated at the advanced flying school as second lieutenants by Major General George E. Stratemeyer]

[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilot...

Six pilots in front of airplane. Benjamin O. Davis is 3rd from left. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. No. 21001-AC. U.S> Army Air Forces photo.

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Sixty-year-old George Lane, former house painter, is a valuable worker in the De Land, Florida pool. He served in the last war with the British Army from Vimy Ridge to the Occupation. Two of his sons are in the American Army, one with the Air Corps in Australia. His daughter volunteered for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp. Seven of his nephews are in the British Army. Using his old skill with the brush, he is now painting De Land pool products

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Sixty-year-old George Lane, former ho...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The muzzle break of a machine gun for the Air Corps must be right. An inspector in a big auto plant now converted to war work examines each piece as it travels down the production line. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. The muzzle break of a machi...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversion of a big auto manufacturing plant to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps continues without letup until the job is done. Electricians extending power lines are often among the first at the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Day and night, the conversi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Speed, speed, and more speed is the watchword in the De Land, Florida pool, where former shoe clerks, salesmen and farmers, men from every walk of life, are working shoulder to shoulder in the Babcock plant, turning out war work with grim efficiency. L.A. Lutrell, above, is typical of the De Land businessmen who are rolling out motor racks for the Air Corps on a record breaking production schedule

De Land pool. Skilled craftsmen. Speed, speed, and more speed is the w...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes over to the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Electricians begin running power lines to the new machine locations. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. A big auto plant changes ov...

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Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded into place in a converted auto plant to swell the production of machine guns for the Air Corps. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan

Twenty-millimeter machine guns for planes. Another machine is skidded ...

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Artwork: "COL. Noel F. Parrish, commanding officer, Tuskegee Army Flying School, and the First Black Pilots to Receive Wings in The Air Corps - 1942: LT. MAC Ross, LT. George S. Roberts, CAPT. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., LT. Charles DeBow, and LT. Lemuel R. Curtis."- Artist: Roy LaGrone EXACT DATE SHOT UNKNOWN

Artwork: "COL. Noel F. Parrish, commanding officer, Tuskegee Army Flyi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: "When the Air Corps Carried the Mail" Artist: Nixon Galloway, USAF Art Collection

Artwork: "When the Air Corps Carried the Mail" Artist: Nixon Galloway,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston B...

Poster depicting American eagle fighting a large black German eagle, airplanes in sky. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston B...

Poster depicting American eagle fighting a large black German eagle, airplanes in sky. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston B...

Poster depicting American eagle fighting a large black German eagle, airplanes in sky. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston Bull ; Alpha Litho. Co., Inc., N.Y.

Join the Army Air Service, be an American eagle / Charles Livingston B...

Poster depicting American eagle fighting a large black German eagle, airplanes in sky. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 191-.