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Vega Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

Vega Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

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Vega Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

Vega Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

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Production. Aircraft. A Negro worker in the metal-treating division of a large Western aircraft plant passes structural sections along the line for further processing and assembly

Production. Aircraft. A Negro worker in the metal-treating division of...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Some of the busses and bicycles which provide transportation to and from the plant for thousands of Lockheed Vega aircraft workers

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Some of the busses and bicycles which pr...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane takes form on the production line. The wings and the Allison engines are already in place, and the ship now stands on its own wheels. It still requires many detail jobs before completion, but they are done rapidly under a well-ordered plan, and the plane will soon be rolled out for the fitting of propellers

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ...

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Production. Ventura bombers. On "MacArthur Boulevard" in a large Western aircraft plant. Ventura bombers are rolling off an assembly line that hums every hour of the day and night. As the sign points out, this assembly line is the real starting point of many warlike trips to Tokyo, Berlin, and Rome. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. On "MacArthur Boulevard" in a large Weste...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. "Mating" operation in the production of Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Previously assembled ship sections are joined together here to form the body of the plane. Feed lines from subassembly sections come to this point from three directions. Only a comparatively small area is required for mating, as the operation is performed rapidly and each plane occupies the space for only a short time

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. "Mating" operation in the pr...

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Production. Airplanes. A toolmaker's apprentice at work on a Pratt and Whitney automatic tool room machine in a large Western aircraft plant. He is working on a flap track for a Lockheed Model 58

Production. Airplanes. A toolmaker's apprentice at work on a Pratt and...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane ready to start down the assembly line where the wings, engines, landing gear and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P...

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Production. Ventura bombers. When these birds of war are full fledged they will be assigned to chores in which Tokyo, Berlin, and Rome will have an active and painful interest. These planes in the jigs of a large Western aircraft plant are Ventura bombers in the making. Overhead cranes move the ships from station to station of the assembly line. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. When these birds of war are full fledged ...

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Production. Ventura bomber. Along the well-lighted length of the "MacArthur Boulevard" in a large Western aircraft plant are the assembly lines from which a steady stream of Ventura bombers is pouring. This section of one of the lines gives some idea of the rate at which production is moving. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bomber. Along the well-lighted length of the "MacA...

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Production. Aircraft. A mechanic tightens up connections on the power plant of a Ventura as the ship nears the end of Vega's assembly line

Production. Aircraft. A mechanic tightens up connections on the power ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An overall assembly line where Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships take shape in a large Western aircraft plant. To the left is an identical line on which British "Lightning" ships are made. At the right is a long line of Allison liquid-cooled engines of a kind that has carried the P-38 through brilliant high-altitude performances

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An overall assembly line whe...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Instructions to ride seekers. Posted on the bulletin board of the "ride cafeteria" of the Lockheed Vega aircraft plant to assist employees in car pooling with fellow workers

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Instructions to ride seekers. Posted on ...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Arrangements are made by phone, and Don's car is left at home. The few miles left in those tires of his can be used for emergency, or the car may be put completely out of service for the duration. Here, Don leaves the plant ready for the trip home under new car pooling arrangement

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Arrangements are made by phone, and Don'...

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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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Finishing wings for Lockheed...

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Production. Aircraft. An engineer in the laboratory of a large Western aircraft plant tests a standard Army weld sample. At irregular intervals every welder working on Army contract material must make the "tee" weld shown here. This sample has failed, as part of the break has occurred in the weld rather than in the parent material. The welder must now produce a satisfactory weld sample before he can again work on Army aircraft material

Production. Aircraft. An engineer in the laboratory of a large Western...

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Production. Aircraft. Over the two million square feet of plant space in a Western aircraft factory, a series of automatic nozzle-towers gives complete water coverage in time of fire or incendiary raid. A company fireman is checking the equipment. In left background can be seen a similar tower

Production. Aircraft. Over the two million square feet of plant space ...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don's tires are just about finished. He realizes something must be done. But how?

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Don's tires are just about finished. He ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane takes form on the production line. The wings and the Allison engines are already in place, and the ship now stands on its own wheels. It still requires many detail jobs before completion, but they are done rapidly under a well-ordered plan, and the plane will soon be rolled out for the fitting of propellers

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The center section for a Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship ready to go into a "mating" jig at a large Western aircraft plant. In the "mating" operation, nose sections and other plane members are joined to the center section. The partly-finished plane body is then ready to travel down the main assembly line where engines, wings, and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The center section for a Loc...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. After a day's work, the average rider group stops at a tavern on the way home. Most have beer. Mary sticks to Coke. All listen to Jerry telling what appears to be an interesting story

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. After a day's work, the average rider gr...

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Women aircraft workers. An attractive brunette performs a job vital to Uncle Sam's victory push. She's one of the hundreds of women employed by a West Coast aircraft plant, pictured at work on a complex electrical assembly. Vega

Women aircraft workers. An attractive brunette performs a job vital to...

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Women aircraft workers. The epitone of determination and industry is personified in these two women employees of a large West Coast airplane factory. Down underneath a giant bomber, a woman electrician and her helper are making electical installations in the bomb bay. Vega

Women aircraft workers. The epitone of determination and industry is p...

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Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of photogenic drill press operators who are turning out parts for Uncle Sam's fighting planes in a West Coast airplane factory

Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of photogenic drill press ...

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Production. Aircraft. George "Randy" McCraw decorating a Vega Ventura bomber. Every ship that rolls off the line carries a cartoon aimed at the Axis. George came to work as a spray painter, then shifted to painting British insignia on sides of ships. He sometimes amused his fellow workers by drawing faces on ships during lunch hour, and was prevailed upon to put a big drawing on a ship for a special occasion. The idea took, and now George puts a gag drawing on each ship. The paint washes off with gasoline, but overseas gossip says these ships go into combat still bearing assorted Rudy Ostriches, Donald Ducks, Porky Pigs and a host of other cartoon characters

Production. Aircraft. George "Randy" McCraw decorating a Vega Ventura ...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Instructions to drivers who have transportation to offer fellow workers at the Lockheed Vega aircraft plant

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Instructions to drivers who have transpo...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship leaves the main assembly line of a large Western aircraft plant. The station stand has been swept clear and the ship is being lowered away to rest on its own wheels. From here it will be rolled to a test field where propellers will be installed. If trial flights and final inspections prove it satisfactory, the ship will be delivered to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another new Lockheed P-38 pu...

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Production. Airplanes. A swing shift worker at a large Western aircraft plant eats his lunch on the assembly line floor

Production. Airplanes. A swing shift worker at a large Western aircraf...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships that have successfully passed inspection for routine test flights are transferred to the Lockheed air terminal. Here flight mechanics take over and prepare them for the flight test. These ships have performed beautifully in action, notably in the Aleutians. They are excellent high-altitude fighters and rank among the world's fastest combat aircraft. Their long-range and great firepower give promise of their value as escorts for high- altitude bombers

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit sh...

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Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

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Production. Aircraft. With the aid of a powerful light, a Lockheed inspector checks rivets in all but the inaccessible wing section of a YP-38 plane wing

Production. Aircraft. With the aid of a powerful light, a Lockheed ins...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A mechanic in a large Western aircraft plant at work on a center section for a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. On a final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A mechanic in a large Wester...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Overall assembly line for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A row of Allison engines reaches back from the right foreground. Under the American flag in the left background is the "Lightning" assembly line, a duplicate of the P-38 line

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Overall assembly line for Lo...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. When the company first offered bus transportation, employees were dubious, but responded to salesmanship. Once tried, they found that they saved time, money and parking worries. Result: six busses put in service in April have catapulted to eighty-four busses on June 1, with demand for more. The girl here is selling ticket book

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. When the company first offered bus trans...

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Production. Aircraft. This earnest young worker in a huge Western aircraft plant is completing an assembly on a Vega Ventura bomber

Production. Aircraft. This earnest young worker in a huge Western airc...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Next stop is Don's house, one of a long row of new privately-financed housing projects in a critical housing area

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Next stop is Don's house, one of a long ...

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Women aircraft workers. Earnest girl workers for Uncle Sam assemble intricate electrical parts to be used in America's fighting planes at a large West Coast aircraft factory. The supervisor passes down the line, gives advice for speeding up operations, solves problems and keeps supplies flowing. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Earnest girl workers for Uncle Sam assemble in...

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Production. Airplanes. Lunch with Popeye. While the swing shift of a large Western aircraft plant munch sandwiches in one of the recreation areas provided by the company, they watch Popeye eat his spinach before giving battle in a screen cartoon

Production. Airplanes. Lunch with Popeye. While the swing shift of a l...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Completed wing sections for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes ready for transfer to the assembly line of 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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Completed wing sections for ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A complete center section for a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane in an assembly jig at a large Western aircraft plant. On the final line, the entire center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A complete center section fo...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Resuming their homeward drive, Jerry stops the car for Mary, the first out. She lives about six miles from the plant

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Resuming their homeward drive, Jerry sto...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. A detailed map with neighborhoods designated by numbers is posted to assist employees in finding riders or drivers

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. A detailed map with neighborhoods design...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. New tire-saver is aiding employees seeking rides in "ride cafeteria," recently put to work in the factory area at Lockheed Vega Corporation. Employees with room in their respective cars put filled-out "transportation offered" cards in slots marked by district and shift. Ride seekers read cards to find driver near their residence who can take passengers. Ride seekers also fill out cards in different colors so prospective drivers can locate riders

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. New tire-saver is aiding employees seeki...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Small section for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes are prepared for subassembly in a large Western aircraft plant. The completed subassemblies travel along lines that eventually meet the main assembly line from which finished planes are rolled outdoors for the installation of propellers

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Small section for Lockheed P...

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Production. Aircraft. As the bit bites deep into tough metal, this mechinist in a large Western aircraft plant smiles with grim satisfaction. He's ahead of schedule, and he knows that every job completed ahead of time is a sharper thorn in the side of our enemies

Production. Aircraft. As the bit bites deep into tough metal, this mec...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Next stop is Don's house, one of a long row of new privately-financed housing projects in a critical housing area

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Next stop is Don's house, one of a long ...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Sheila gets off next. Walt and Jerry, the only two left, are neighbors and live nearby. Jerry lives about 10 1/2 miles from the plant, works six days a week and drives twenty-one miles a day. 6000 miles a year just getting to and from work. All these riders, except Mary, formerly drove their own cars and piled up a daily total of eighty-three miles. This single example of car pooling results in a seventy-five percent reduction of rubber

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Sheila gets off next. Walt and Jerry, th...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. At the drinking foutain, the shop, on every bulletin board, the reminder to do something about seeking other transportation hits Don's eye

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. At the drinking foutain, the shop, on ev...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Here is part of the day shift leaving one of Vega's nine gates at the main plant. Note the high proportion of women workers. Getting these employees and their thousands upon thousands of brother and sister workers between home and plant is becoming a serious problem. Providing transportation to and from the plant for these employees and thousands of their fellow workers presents a problem which the company is attacking on three fronts: car pooling, busses and bicycles

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Here is part of the day shift leaving on...

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Women aircraft workers. Hollywood missed a good bet when they overlooked this attractive aircraft worker, who is shown checking electrical sub-assemblies in a large West Coast aircraft factory. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Hollywood missed a good bet when they overlook...

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Production. Aircraft. Although the tiny part in this veteran's "mike" looks insignificant, its variation from perfection may mean a jammed gun, faulty landing gear, or stalled engine. This machinist in a large Western aircraft plant has had twenty-three years of experience. Craftsmen of his skill are at an all-time premium now

Production. Aircraft. Although the tiny part in this veteran's "mike" ...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. "Mating" operation in the production of Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Previously assembled ship sections are joined together here to form the body of the plane. Feed lines from subassembly sections come to this point from three directions. Only a comparatively small area is required for mating, as the operation is performed rapidly and each plane occupies the space for only a short time

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. "Mating" operation in the pr...

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Production. Aircraft. High above the roof of a Western aircraft plant covering nearly two million square feet of shop and assembly space, this fireman keeps a watchful eye on the scene below. During an air raid his post is here, as a spotter for the incendiary's flare

Production. Aircraft. High above the roof of a Western aircraft plant ...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. With Jerry's arrival, his fellow workers pile into his car, homeward bound. Here is an excellent example of employee car pooling

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. With Jerry's arrival, his fellow workers...

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Production. Ventura bombers. Tinfoil--and only part of one day's collection--made by employees of a large Western aircraft plant. These same workers are making another, and more important, contribution to America's war effort: they are producing a steady stream of Ventura bombers and other fighting and bombing planes. Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California

Production. Ventura bombers. Tinfoil--and only part of one day's colle...

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Women aircraft workers. Women man America's machines in a West Coast airplane factory, where the swing shift of drill press operators is composed almost entirely of women

Women aircraft workers. Women man America's machines in a West Coast a...

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Production. Aircraft. Aircraft mechanics check the installation of a 50,000 candle-power landing light in the wing of a YP-38 plane under construction in a large Western plant

Production. Aircraft. Aircraft mechanics check the installation of a 5...

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Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at a West Coast aircraft factory. A leadman explains the use of wiring jigs in making up assembly to three of the plant's attractive young war workers. Lockhead

Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at a West Coast aircraft fa...

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Women aircraft workers. An experienced girl worker in a West Coast airplane factory trains a new girl in the use of a rivet-squeezing machine. Vega

Women aircraft workers. An experienced girl worker in a West Coast air...

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Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. These two are working on an electrical control panel

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West...

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Production. Electric power. Panel boards at Vega Aircraft Plant. Here the flow of electric power to thousands of machines and hand power tools is controlled. These boards play an important part in the production of planes for our armed forces. Vega Aircraft Corporation

Production. Electric power. Panel boards at Vega Aircraft Plant. Here ...

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Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. These two are woking on an electrical panel

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a large Western aircraft plant works on the installation of one of the machine guns in the nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the plane body will travel down a main assembly line where wings, engines, and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer's assistant in a l...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A drill operator in a Western aircraft plant, using a drill jig on the center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. On the final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A drill operator in a Wester...

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Production. Aircraft. Final assembly line of the Vega Aircraft Corporation. A mechanic makes a final check-up on a Ventura bomber

Production. Aircraft. Final assembly line of the Vega Aircraft Corpora...

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Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

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Production. Airplanes. "Main Street" of a huge Western aircraft plant during the lunch period. At left, girls enjoy lunch on a sun deck

Production. Airplanes. "Main Street" of a huge Western aircraft plant ...

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Production. Electric power. Huge transformers feed power to thousands of machines and hand power tools at Vega Aircraft Plant. By reducing electrical current to the voltages proper for plant use, these transformers play an important part in the production of planes for our armed forces. Vega Aircraft Corporation

Production. Electric power. Huge transformers feed power to thousands ...

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Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? She can't forget it, for Fern Evans's husband was one of America's fighting men who died in action on December 7 aboard the USS West Virginia. Mrs. Evans has been employed at a huge West Coast aircraft plant since February and is supporting herself and twenty-month-old son. She's shown here working on a radio bracket for a bomber

Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? She can't forget it, fo...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A mechanic in a large Western aircraft plant reaming and truing connecting holes before a center and nose section are "mated." As the plane body travels down the final assembly line, engines, wings, landing gear and other equipment are added

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A mechanic in a large Wester...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Jerry has been carrying passengers for several months. Because of this, and because other transportation qualifications are in his favor, he may be certified for new tires or retreads when his present tires wear out

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Jerry has been carrying passengers for s...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships that have successfully passed inspection for routine test flights are transferred to the Lockheed air terminal. Here flight mechanics take over and prepare them for the flight test. These ships have performed beautifully in action, notably in the Aleutians. They are excellent high-altitude fighters and rank among the world's fastest combat aircraft. Their long-range and great firepower give promise of their value as escorts for high- altitude bombers

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit sh...

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Women aircraft workers. Uncle Sam's fighting men can thank the girls they left behind for the great job they're doing on America's production line. These two young women are working on the control column of a giant bomber at one of the West Coast's aricraft factories. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Uncle Sam's fighting men can thank the girls t...

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Production. Airplanes. A tractor moves a partly-finished YP-38 from station to station of the assembly line of a large Western aircraft plant

Production. Airplanes. A tractor moves a partly-finished YP-38 from st...

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Women aircraft workers. Three little maids in aircraft school? They're learning the use of templates, used in training material for bullet proofing gas tanks in a West Coast airplane factory. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Three little maids in aircraft school? They're...

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Production. Airplanes. A machinist's apprentice on a Universal boring machine in a big Western airplane plant. Cutting a part for a manufacturing jig with a twelve inch milling cutter

Production. Airplanes. A machinist's apprentice on a Universal boring ...

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Women aircraft workers. Two Pearl Harbor widows work to defeat the Axis at a West Coast aircraft plnat. Mrs. Fern Evans, left and Mrs. Evelyn J. W. Casola work as a team on the riveting of radio support assemblies for bomber planes. Neither had previous mechanical experience prior to this job, but both are now successfully handling complicated mechanical jobs

Women aircraft workers. Two Pearl Harbor widows work to defeat the Axi...

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Production. Aircraft. Setting up aluminum castings for X-ray in a large Western aircraft plant. Each one is numbered and, unless the X-ray film shows it's flawless, the part will go to the salvage scrap heap

Production. Aircraft. Setting up aluminum castings for X-ray in a larg...

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Women aircraft workers. Looks like "boy meets girl" in wartime and in war plants, but it's serious business here, for these two are among the hundreds of young people employed in a West Coast aircraft plant. He's a leadman and is instructing her in the use of a power rivet-squeezing machine

Women aircraft workers. Looks like "boy meets girl" in wartime and in ...

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Women aircraft workers. Perched high on the wing of a giant bomber, women of a large West Coast aircraft factory are speeding the installation of electrical units controlling the engine. In this, as in many other U.S. plants, women are gradually replacing or augmenting men on assembly lines, doing important and highly critical work and doing it well

Women aircraft workers. Perched high on the wing of a giant bomber, wo...

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Production. Aircraft. A test engineer in a big Western aircraft plant examines a metal sample through a high-power (2700 diameter) microscope. Representative samples of all structural metals purchased for use in building ships in this plant must pass critical tests to detect faulty materials

Production. Aircraft. A test engineer in a big Western aircraft plant ...

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Production. Aircraft. Here's one good reason why refrigerator freezing trays and other aluminum gadgets are out for the duration. On trays in the background are hundreds of aluminum castings going into Lockheed bombers and fighters. Every prime casting is "explored" in a huge X-ray camera like the one seen here. On X-ray film, flaws that might cause failure of these vital parts show up plainly to the expert eye, and the part is discarded

Production. Aircraft. Here's one good reason why refrigerator freezing...

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Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Burbank, California

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes are accurately assembled in jigs at a large Western aircraft plant. These wings are attached to the plane bodies as they travel down the final assembly line in which engines, landing gear, controls and other equpment are also installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Wings for Lockheed P-38 purs...

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Production. Aircraft. This Negro worker using a portable electric drill on a YP-38 subassembly in a large Western aircraft plant was trained in a very short time to do fast, accurate work

Production. Aircraft. This Negro worker using a portable electric dril...

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Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together training planes for Uncle Sam's fighing flyers at a West Coast plant. Here, Mrs. Fern Evans, Pearl Harbor widow, works on a radio bracket for a bomber with a young mechanic. Mrs. Evans, who had no previous mechanical experience when she applied for work in February, now reads blueprints and is able to proceed with various accessory assemblies for bombers with little supervision from leadmen

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together training planes fo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women aircraft workers. She can't forget Pearl Harbor, and she's determined that Hitler and Hirohito shall have cause to remember it. Mrs. Evelyn J. W. Casola, Pearl Harbor widow, drills rivet holes in the belly gun door of a U.S. bomber, soon to storm over Axis lands, showing death to the aggressors

Women aircraft workers. She can't forget Pearl Harbor, and she's deter...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane, complete except for propellers, is hoisted from a station stand in a large Western aircraft plant assembly line. From here, the ship will be rolled to the testing field where the propellers will be installed and trial flights will be made

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Aircraft. This worker on America's battle line of production shows all the grim intent of purpose one would expect to find in the trenches on Bataan and in the gun emplacements of Corregidor. He operates a Gray milling machine in a large Western aircraft plant

Production. Aircraft. This worker on America's battle line of producti...

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Production. Aircraft. At the end of a Flying Fortress assembly line, this mechanic in a large Western plant makes a final check on a landing gear hydraulic system. That big round object in the foreground is a rubber tire. Remember?

Production. Aircraft. At the end of a Flying Fortress assembly line, t...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Equipped with a filing system arranged by neighborhood sections, the transportation clerk soon locates a driver who has room for extra passengers

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Equipped with a filing system arranged b...

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Bus ticket book in use at Lockheed Vega. This fifteen-cent ticket actually costs an employee twelve cents. For railheads at more distant points, tickets are proportionately higher

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Bus ticket book in use at Lockheed Vega....

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Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Cards requesting transportation are filled out by company employees

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Cards requesting transportation are fill...

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Production. Aircraft. A mechanic in the flight test group of a large Western aircraft factory checks the power plant of a Lockheed "Hudson" bomber after its initial flight

Production. Aircraft. A mechanic in the flight test group of a large W...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. These two are working on an electrical control panel

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West...

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Women aircraft workers. That Hollywood hasn't yet cornered the beauty market is evident by this assembly line crew at a West Coast airplane factory. They're making electrical sub-assemblies in a continuous-line production

Women aircraft workers. That Hollywood hasn't yet cornered the beauty ...

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Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? She can't forget it, for Fern Evans's husband was one of America's fighting men who died in action on December 7. Since February, Mrs. Evans has worked for victory at a huge West Coast aircraft plant and is shown here operating a rivet squeezer

Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? She can't forget it, fo...

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Production. Airplanes. A canteen on the grounds of a large Western aircraft plant serves workers hot food, drinks, and refreshments during the lunch periods of all shifts

Production. Airplanes. A canteen on the grounds of a large Western air...

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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships receive final inspections and adjustments on assembly lines outside a large Western aircraft plant. After these operations, the ships will be taken out for routine test flights. If the flights prove satisfactory, the new planes will be ready for delivery to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. New Lockheed P-38 pursuit sh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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