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Oswego, New York. A Czechoslovakian flier in the Royal Air Force visiting Oswego during United Nations week

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Camouflaging the ship. A Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville Division is shown attached to the overhead mechanized assembly line trolly. The dive bomber has just entered the huge paint spray booth where it is receiving its camouflage painting treatment before moving to the next station. 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

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Oswego, New York. A Czechoslovakian flier in the Royal Air Force chats with the Czech consul and a Rotarian at the Rotary Club luncheon during United Nations week

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny of the Elizabeth Kenny Institute addressing a meeting of an American Legion post on infantile paralysis and her contribution towards a new conception of the disease and its treatment, Sitting on the right is Sergeant J. Rutherford, of the Australian Air Force, a guest at the meeting

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Carburetor adjustment. A flight service mechanic is shown here making adjustments on the carburetor of a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Ready to flight. Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers for the British being staked down on the flight line ready for delivery. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Cowl-former installation. A pair of workers at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. are shown making a cowl-former installation, one of the operations in the assembly of a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Spark-plug installation. Workers are installing spark plugs in the powerful Wright "double cyclone" engine used in the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville Division. Note the partially completed "Vengeance" in the background. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Side panel section assembly. Two workers at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. are pictured here working on a side panel section assembly, one of the steps in the construction of Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. 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

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Food in England. A squadron leader and a corporal look over some of the hundreds of chickens and ducks raised on an Royal Air Force station farm in Southern England. Managed by the corporal and five men, the farm supplies the flyers with almost all of their food

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Company inspection. Looking toward the rear of the final assembly line showing the "Vengeance" dive bombers made at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., and suspended on the overhead mechanized assembly line, company inspectors are shown checking parts and installations. 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

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Food in Britain. At an Royal Air Force station in southern England which runs its own farm, a corporal feeds the farm's smallest pig while the commander looks on. The farm practically feeds the whole station, little being bought outside. A corporal and five men look after eight cows and litters, hundreds of chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys and eighteen acres of potatoes

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Planes in flight. The P-40 single-engine fighter plane--which the British have used in its various models as the "Tomahawk," "Kittyhawk" and "Warhawk"--is a fast pursuit ship in the 400-mile-per-hour class. It has an approximate service ceiling of 30,000 feet and a range of about 900 miles. Carrying various combinations of light and heavy caliber guns, it has performed notably with the RAF (Royal Air Force) in England and Africa, with the AVG (American Volunteer Group--Flying Tigers) in China and. with the AAF (Army Air Forces) in the South Pacific

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Engine control rod installation. Two Vultee workers shown adjusting the engine and control rod installation on the "Vengeance" dive bomber 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

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Tripoli, Libya. Lieutenant Milton Marx of New York City, attached to the public relations office of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, doing some painting in the streets. In civilian life, Marx is a commercial artist

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Burring landing gear housing. Two women workers are shown on the job at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. burring landing gear housings for "Vengeance" dive bombers. Women have proved themselves most efficient at repetitive hand operations of this type. 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

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The court, composed of two American majors and one Royal Air Force squadron leader, which tried Sicilian civilians for starting a riot resulting in the death of several townsfolk

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Monsignor Spellman shaking hands with Corporal George T. Robinson while touring the Tunisia front. When Archbishop Francis J. Spellman handed a diploma to Robinson at the Fordham University commencement in New York City in 1937, neither had the remotest idea that they would meet again at a United States Air Force fighter base in Tunisia

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Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African battle front, saying mass for the men at the 57th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. This group, located "somewhere in Tunisia," knocked almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies in one engagement

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Riveting an aft section assembly. Two women workers are teamed up on a riveting job on an aft section assembly which will go into the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber, now in full production at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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

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Captain Rollo C. "Pop" Lawrence of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, who has just finished 300 combat hours in the Middle East and North Africa. He is shown in the Snow White, a B-24 bomber which he piloted across the Atlantic and the only plane he ever used in a bombing mission. Captain Lawrence was a Louisiana state patrolman before the war

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Rivet inspection on a rear monocoque. Two women workers at Vultee's Nashville Division are pictured at their jobs of inspecting rivets in a row of tail cones to be installed in the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Riveting a side section. This pair of Vultee workers at the Nashville Division are shown riveting a side section for the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Horizontal stabilizer frame. This woman worker at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. is shown carrying a horizontal stabilizer frame which will be used in building a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Flap installation. This pair of workers are adjusting a flap installation on the outer wings upon arrival from the sub-contractor's plane prior to installation on the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers manufactured 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Pattern-making drop-hammer die. This worker is making a pattern for a drop-hammer die for the forming of a sheet-metal part for the "Vengeance" dive bombers manufactured 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

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny signing autographs at an American Legion meeting at which she was the principal speaker. With her (in uniform) are Sergeant C.N. Macqueen, from Sidney, and Sergeant J. Rutherford, from Brisbane, both of the Australian Air Force

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling a horizontal stabilizer. Here is a close-up view of a woman worker at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., drilling rivet holes in the horizontal stabilizer for the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

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Tripoli, Libya. Archbishop Spellman of New York (left) surveys the ruins of the chapel of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. With him are Brigadier General Auby C. Strickland of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force and Catholic nuns

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor adjustment. On top of the engine, a flight service mechanic is shown adjusting the motor on the "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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

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B-24 bombers of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force at their base somewhere in Libya

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A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information Photograph

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A man sitting on the wing of an airplane. Office of War Information Photograph

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Lieutenant Robert "Rocky" Byrnes, twenty-six, Saint Louis, Missouri, flying with the 64th Squadron of the 57th Fighter Group, returning after destroying three German Messerschmitt-109s in aerial victory over the Sicilian straits on April 18, in which the 57th United States Fighter Group of the 9th Air Force destroyed seventy-four enemy planes

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Insignia touch-up. Woman worker is shown retouching the British insignia on the fuselage of a "Vengeance" dive bomber 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Lunch time. Women workers relaxing by their work--a fuselage section of a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber 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

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Reciprocal aid. A U.S. officers' mess in England, with girls of the British Women's Auxiliary Air Force serving as waitresses. This service is provided American Army Air Forces under the British Reciprocal Aid Program

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Monsignor Spellman shaking hands with Corporal George T. Robinson while touring the Tunisia front. When Archbishop Francis J. Spellman handed a diploma to Robinson at the Fordham University commencement in New York City in 1937, neither had the remotest idea that they would meet again at a United States Air Force fighter base in Tunisia

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Catching that stitch in time, Mrs. Viola Schlaegel of the American Women's Volunteer Service unit at Glendale, California does a good turn for Corporal Hugh B. Helm of Lexington, Kentucky. Members of the American Women's Volunteer Service "Button Brigade" meet at least twice weekly at the Army Air Force barracks in Glendale to do minor tailor work

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Spark-plug installation. Women workers are shown installing spark plugs in the powerful Wright "double cyclone" engine used in the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Installation of exhaust-collector ring. Two women employees at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. are shown installing the exhaust-collector ring on a motor which will go into a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

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American, Russian and Royal air force pilots at a delivery point of Allied warplanes to the Russians somewhere in Iran

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Archbishop Spellman of New York dining at a fighter base of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force somewhere in Tunisia. Left to right: Colonel C. M. Seabach, Adjutant General, U.S. Army 9th Air Force; Major G. T. Mullins; Colonel E. E. Bates; Brigadier General Auby C. Strickland; Archbishop Spellman; Captain J. E. McGarrity, Catholic chaplain

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Pre-flight check-up. Here, flight service mechanics are making a pre-flight check-up on a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Tail cone sub-assembly. In this scene one girl is operating a rivet gun as another girl bucks the rivets in the tail cone sub-assembly, a fabrication operation in the manufacture of the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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

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Tripoli, Libya. Lieutenant Milton Marx of New York City, attached to the public relations office of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, doing some painting in the streets. In civilian life, Marx is a commercial artist

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B-24 bombers of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force at their base somewhere in Libya

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Lunch time. Here's a group of women workers relaxing by their work--a fuselage section of "Vengeance" dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville Division--and enjoying a well-earned lunch. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Landing gear installation. This woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before installation of the landing gear. This is one of the numerous assembly operations in connection with the mass production of Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. 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 single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

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Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard Motor Car Company. Army Air Force inspector in charge

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling education. These two girls are learning to drill rivet holes before being put to work on the "Vengeance" dive bombers made at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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

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Reciprocal aid. American and British air forces work together in defense of a British airfield. A member of the Royal Air Force handles the anti-aircraft gun in the foreground with American fighting forces shown in the rear. Many airfields and much British equipment have been provided for American air forces under the British Reciprocal Aid Program

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Caping and inspecting tubing. Two women workers are shown caping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Aluminum welding. This woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is pictured doing aluminum welding operating on one of the parts for the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

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Air Force General poses for photographer. Major General Lewis H. Brereton, commanding officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in the Middle East, takes time out to smile for a photographer

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U.S. Army Lt. William "Bill" O'Conner training near Eglin Field: Fort Walton Beach, Florida

: 254304 ( http://254304 ) ..Local call number: DG01011..Title: U.S. Army Lt. William "Bill" O'Conner training near Eglin Field: Fort Walton Beach, Florida..Date: 1943..General note: William J. O'Conner served More

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. First aid. Full-time plant nurse redressing the finger of a Vultee woman worker in the First Aid Station at Vultee's Nashville plant where the "Vengeance" dive bomber is manufactured. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Electrical installation. This photogenic girl worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown making an electrical installation, an important step in the assembly of the Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. 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

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Tripoli, Libya. Lieutenant William Marx of New York City, attached to the public relations office of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, doing some painting in the streets

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Flap installation. These workers at Vultee's Nashville plant are making flap installations on a row of outer wings which will subsequently be installed on Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Angle shearing. This girl in slacks is angle-shearing sheet metal for use in "Vengeance" dive bombers manufactured 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

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Planes in flight. The P-40 single-engine fighter plane--which the British have used in its various models as the "Tomahawk," "Kittyhawk" and "Warhawk"--is a fast pursuit ship in the 400-mile-per-hour class. It has an approximate service ceiling of 30,000 feet and a range of about 900 miles. Carrying various combinations of light and heavy caliber guns, it has performed notably with the RAF (Royal Air Force) in England and Africa, with the AVG (American Volunteer Group--Flying Tigers) in China and. with the AAF (Army Air Forces) in the South Pacific

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Snow White, a B-24 bomber of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force at a forward bomber base in the Libyan desert. Among its crew, there are four members who flew the ship across the Atlantic and piloted it through thirty-six missions, compiling 300 combat hours it the Middle East

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Electrical sub-assembly. This trio of women employees at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. is working on electrical sub-assemblies for Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. 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

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Reciprocal aid. An American crew at work on a British Halifax four-engined bomber evidence of the close cooperation between British and U.S. forces in Britain. U.S. ground technicians as well as fighter squadrons, are working with members of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at many of the airfields which have been handed over to U.S. Army Air Forces under the British Reciprocal Aid Program

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Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard Motor Car Company. Army Air Force inspectors checking parts submitted by a Packard inspector

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B-24 bombers of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force at their base somewhere in Libya

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Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African battle front, saying a mass for the men at the 57th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. This group, located "somewhere in Tunisia," knocked almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies in one engagement

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Oil tank installation. Vultee workers are shown installing an oil tank behind the engine firewall on the sub-assembly engine mounting. This Wright "double cyclone" engine powers the "Vengeance" dive bomber 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

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North American P-51D Mustangs at MacDill Army Air Base: Tampa, Florida

: www.137309 ( http://www.137309 ) ..Local call number: N027558..Title: North American P-51D Mustangs at MacDill Army Air Base: Tampa, Florida..Date: ca. 1943..Physical descrip: 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in More

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. She'd pass for a choir singer. A Vultee woman employee shown making a labor distribution check. She is standing under the engine nucleus of the "Vengeance" dive bomber manufcatured 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

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Catching that stitch in time, Mrs. Viola Schlaegel of the American Women's Volunteer Service unit at Glendale, California does a good turn for Corporal Hugh B. Helm of Lexington, Kentucky. Members of the American Women's Volunteer Service "Button Brigade" meet at least twice weekly at the Army Air Force barracks in Glendale to do minor tailor work

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque. Using a hand drill, the young woman in this scene is drilling rivet holes in the side panel of the aft monocoque, a step in the fabrication process of manufacturing Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. 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

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Sicilian civilians being tried in a court composed of two American majors and one Royal Air Force squadron leader. They were charged with starting a riot which resulted in the death of several townsfolk

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Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York touring the North African battle front, saying mass for the men at the 57th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force. This group, located "somewhere in Tunisia," knocked almost 100 Axis transports and fighters out of the skies in one engagement

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor installation. A high angle view of a group of workers installing the motor on a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. Note that the inner wings are ready to be attached at this point. 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

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Tripoli, Libya. Lieutenant Milton Marx of New York City, attached to the public relations office of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force, doing some painting in the street. In civilian life, Marx is a commercial artist

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Bomber crews of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force are being given a chalk talk by Major Frank W. Delong, squadron commander, before they take off on a mission over Axis territory. These are the heavy bomber groups who are disrupting Axis shipping in the Meditarranean, thus hastening the defeat of the remaining Axis troops in North Africa

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Drilling education. Two women are pictured here learning proper method of drilling rivet holes before being employed by the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. where the "Vengeance" dive bomber is made. 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

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Insignia of the 20th patrol force

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny at an American Legion meeting at which she was the principal speaker. With her is Sergeant J. Rutherford of Brisbane, a member of the Australian Air Force. He was an honorary guest at the meeting

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A black and white photo of a person on a skateboard. Office of War Information Photograph

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Installing on overhead conveyor. Here is a view of the first complete overhead mechanized final assembly conveyor line during installation at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc., where the "Vengeance" dive bomber is manufactured. The conveyor is now in full operation. 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

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B-24 bombers of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force at their base somewhere in Libya

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Manifold line installation. A Vultee woman worker shown adjusting the manifold line on a "Vengeance" dive bomber 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

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Lunch time. Relaxing by their work--a fuselage section of a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber made at Vultee's Nashville Division--four women workers enjoy a well-earned lunch. 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

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Tripoli, Libya. Archbishop Spellman of New York (left) surveys the ruins of the chapel of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. With him are Brigadier General Auby C. Strickland of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force and Catholic nuns

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A black and white photo of a man sitting on top of an airplane. Office of War Information Photograph

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A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Office of War Information Photograph

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Brooklyn, New York. Norwegian Independence Day celebration. Norwegian-American parade. One pilot from Royal Norwegian Air Force followed by shipmates of the Norwegian Merchant Marine

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

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

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Brooklyn, New York. Norwegian Independence Day celebration. Norwegian-American parade. The small twenty-two foot boat in which Norwegian boys escaped from Norway over the North Sea to join the Royal Norwegian Air Force in England and Canada

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A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Information Photograph

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Artwork: "Portrait of B-17 Crewman Examining Machine Gun After a Raid, June 1944, at a Base Somewhere in East Anglia". Artist: Arthur Rothenberg, USAF Art Collection

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Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator

Russell Gackenbach, back center, was the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, and is the last surviving member of the three crews that flew the atomic bomb mission over Hiroshima, Japan on A More

Fairbanks, Alaska. Vice President Henry A. Wallace, returning from China and Siberia, dining at Ladd Field with Russia and and American airmen who fly lend-lease planes to Russia through the Alaskan wing of the Air Transport Command. Left to right: Colonel N.S. Vasin, commanding officer of the Russian Air Force's first aviation ferrying regiment, who is stationed at Nome, Alaska; Mr. Wallace; Colonel Russell Keiller, commanding officer of Ladd Field

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A man standing on top of a propeller plane. Office of War Information Photograph

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Brooklyn, New York. Norwegian Independence Day celebration. Norwegian-American parade. The small twenty-two foot boat in which Norwegian boys escaped from Norway over the North Sea to join the Royal Norwegian Air Force in England and Canada

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[U.S. Army Air Force personnel fight fires resulting from mid-day Japanese air raid on USAAF base at Saipan Island] / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

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