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A black and white photo of an airplane in a hangar. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of an airplane in a hangar. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

B-17 undergoes heavy maintenance in Oklahoma City in 1942.

A black and white photo of airplanes in a hangar. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a hangar filled with airplanes. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

Karhumäki brothers Kuorevesi 1940

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. A completed B-17F heavy bomber is checked by final inspectors at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, before it moves to the flight line for rigid acceptance tests. 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-24 bombers and C-87 transports. One-fourth of the way down the assembly line of Western aircraft plant making consolidated B-24 bombers and transports. This new transports, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

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Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. One-fourth of the way down the assembly line of Western aircraft plant making consolidated B-24 bombers and transports. This new transports, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Half down the final line of a Western aircraft plant at which consolidated B-24 bombers and transports are made. This new transports, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87 and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Half down the final line of a Western aircraft plant at which consolidated B-24 bombers and transports are made. This new transports, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87 and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Final additions are made to the shell of a consolidated transport plane in preparation for its trip down the final assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Final additions are made to the shell of a consolidated transport plane in preparation for its trip down the final assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Lowering one of the four engines of a mighty consolidated transport plane at a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24, which is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Installing one of the four engines of a mighty consolidated transport plane at a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24, which is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Final additions are made to the shell of a consolidated transport plane in preparation for its trip down the final assembly line of a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber, is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Lowering one of the four engines of a mighty consolidated transport plane at a Western aircraft plant. This new transport, an adaptation of the B-24, which is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best and most modern air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. One-fourth of the way down the assembly line of Western aircraft plant making consolidated B-24 bombers and transports. This new transports, an adaptation of the B-24 bomber is known as the C-87, and carries one of the greatest human or cargo loads of any plane now in mass production. It is built in a plant equipped with one of the best air conditioning and fluorescent lighting systems in the country

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 2120.

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texas tarrant county fort worth safety film negatives lot 1865 howard r hollem united states office of war information photo b 24 bombers transports c 87 transports western aircraft plant office of war information farm security administration united states history military aircraft industrial history propeller driven aircraft aircraft 1940s aircrafts 1940 s library of congress
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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. One of the few lathes bought by a small Eastern manufacturing firm. Unable to purchase much new machinery, the owner of the company installed and remodelled old equipment to produce war essentials under subcontract. First orders were delivered thirty days after contract, an amoazingly short time considering that conversion of machines took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

A loadmaster from the 136th Airlift Wing (AW), Fort Worth, Texas, marshalls a grader on to a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Gulfport Guard Combat Training Center, Mississippi. Members of the 136th AW are deployed to Gulfport, Mississippi, participating in exercise IGX-5. IGX-5 is an ORI (Operational Readiness Exercise) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to a forward operating location. The exercise, which lasts just under a week, is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

A black and white photo of a plane on a runway. Office of War Information Photograph

Master Sgt. Robert Wolff, 136th Aircraft Maintenance

De Land pool. Babcock airplane plant. Joe Wheeler Miller of De Land, Florida is doing his part in making machinery that will keep American fighting planes in the air. He was named after a southern general, Joe Wheeler, by a father who thought the General was "the fightinest man he knew" and wanted his son to be likewise. He ran a fishing tackle business that went out with priorities. Although he never had an arc welding holder in his hands before entering the De Land vocational school, he and another similarly trained man have acquired speed that has doubled the Babcock production

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which had been accurately assembled in jigs, are added to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line where engines, landing gear, controls and other equipment are also installed

Col. Keith Williams, the 136th Airlift Wing Vice Wing

Production. 105 mm. howitzers. Norma K. Jones used to be a high school teacher and now teaches two nights a week. She inspects 105 mm. howitzers at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin plant of Chain Belt Company

FORT WORTH, Texas (Dec. 6, 2018) Capt. Kevin "Proton"

A black and white photo of a small plane. Office of War Information Photograph

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texas tarrant county fort worth safety film negatives lot 1865 howard r hollem united states office of war information photo b 24 bombers transports c 87 transports western aircraft plant office of war information farm security administration united states history military aircraft industrial history propeller driven aircraft aircraft 1940s aircrafts 1940 s library of congress