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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Western aircraft plant tests machine gun controls in the partly-finished nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This section is now ready for the operation of "mating" it to the center section. The ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Wester...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.... More

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...

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

A Pearl Harbor widow gives her complete effort toward defeating the murderers of her husband. Mrs. C. Margaret Bailey starts the assembly of a bomber tail surface trimming tab in a West Coast airplane factory. She has been working here since the first of the year and is glad that this vital work supports her son and daugher -- aged seven and five -- so that she will not be obliged to accept relief from the Navy

A Pearl Harbor widow gives her complete effort toward defeating the mu...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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 ...

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

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...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit plane, a Lockheed P-38, is rolled from the floor of a large Western aircraft plant. On the field it will be fitted with two sets of three-bladed propellers that will pull it through brilliant performances as interceptors of enemy planes

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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 ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

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...

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

Women aircraft workers. In a West Coast aircraft plant, this young woman is trimming material for the bullet proofing of gas tanks. The material is developed from pure latex, is highly gasoline solvent and seals bullet holes

Women aircraft workers. In a West Coast aircraft plant, this young wom...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Women aircraft workers. Women work on both sides of the counter at this West Coast aircraft factory. A drill press operator here swaps a tool check for a drill which is given to her by one of the tool crib keepers. Lockhead

Women aircraft workers. Women work on both sides of the counter at thi...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Beginning construction of a center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane in a Western aircraft plant. Here the trailing edge of a center section is "mated" to the main beam. 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. Beginning construction of a ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propellers for Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are prepared for installation at a large Western aircraft plant. After the propellers have been installed, the ships will be put through exacting inspection and trial flights. If these prove satisfactory, the new fighter planes will be delivered to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propell...

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

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 ...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Final inspection and rework on wings for Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes in a large Western aircraft plant. The wings, which had been accurately assembled in jigs, are joined 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. Final inspection and rework ...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? Mrs. Frances Ray Nides (left) and Mrs. C. Margaret Bailey can't forget it, and they're determined that Hitler and Hirohito shall not forget it either. Both are employed at a large West Coast airplane factory and are pictured at work on tail surface training tabs for America's bombing planes

Women aircraft workers. Remember Pearl Harbor? Mrs. Frances Ray Nides ...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship is lowered away into a rolling cradle in a large Western aircraft plant. Supported in this cradle, the ship has now taken its place in the main assembly line. The cradle or stand is moved from station to station where engines, wings, landing gear, controls and other essential equipment are installed

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

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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 contolling the engine. The leadman, center, goes from team to team, checking work, lending advice and assistance when necessary. Women are gradually replacing or augmenting men on the assmbly line itself, doing important and highly critical work -- and doing it well

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their production records in a West Coast airplane factory. Feminine operators of tapping machines in this plant have made 400 more tapping operations in the seven and one half hour swingw shift than men employed on the eight hour day shift. A record in anybody's language

Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their p...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are made ready for test flights at a large Western aircraft plant. These planes, powered by twin Allison liquid-cooled engines, have performed brilliantly in action, notably in the Aleutians. The P-38 has long range and great firepower and rates at its best altitude as one of the world's fastest fighting ships

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.... More

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. A woman inspector here checks electrical assemblies. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Precision assembly at one of the West Coast's ...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

Production. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-holder, ready to be photographed in the test laboratory of a big Western aircraft plant. The numeral figures being placed on the film are made of lead and will stop the X-ray beam. A clean, sharp number is left on the film for future identification of the part

Production. Aircraft. An aluminum casting, placed on an X-ray film-hol...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Three-blade variable pitch propellers are prepared for installation on Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes at a large Western aircraft plant. The planes they will pull have been performing brilliantly as interceptors of enemy aircraft

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Three-blade variable pitch p...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant check the installation of guns in a nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. As the ship travels from one station to another along the main assembly line, wings, engines, armament and other essential equipment are installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. An armorer and his assistant ...

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

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...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit plane, a Lockheed P-38, is rolled from the floor of a large Western aircraft plant. On the field it will be fitted with two sets of three-bladed propellers that will pull it through brilliant performances as interceptors of enemy planes

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Another twin-engined pursuit...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propellers for Lockheed P-38 pursuit ships are prepared for installation at a large Western aircraft plant. After the propellers have been installed, the ships will be put through exacting inspection and trial flights. If these prove satisfactory, the new fighter planes will be delivered to the Army

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Sets of three-bladed propell...

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

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...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane is "mated" with a center section in a large Western aircraft plant. The partly-finished ship will then travel down the main assembly line for the installation of engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a Lockhe...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of young women employed in a West Coast aircraft factory applies identifying marking tape to plumbing sub-assemblies. Vega

Women aircraft workers. One of the hundreds of young women employed in...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship, including center and nose section, is swung over a rolling cradle to begin its trip down the assembly line of a large Western aircraft plant. As the ship moves from station to station along this line it will receive its engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A liquid-cooled turbo-supercharged Allison engine is installed in a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship. This engine has carried the P-38 through brilliant performances in the Aleutians. The P-38 is an excellent high- altitude fighter with great firepower. Its speed at its best altitude gives it rank among the world's fastest fighting aircraft

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A liquid-cooled turbo-superc...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship, just returned from flight tests, is checked and reconditioned in the test hangar of a large Western aircraft plant. After these operations, the ship will be ready for delivery to the Army. The P-38 has performed brilliantly in action, notably in the Aleutians. Its long range and great firepower give it real promise as an escort for high-altitude bombers. At its best altitude, the P-38 is one of the world's fastest fighting planes

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship in a jig at a large Western aircraft plant. This nose section will later be joined or "mated" to a center section and the partly-finished body will begin its trip down the final assembly line where engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment will be installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. The nose section of a new Lo...

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

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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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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Production. Airplanes. Machinist at work on a main-beam wing joint of a YP-38 plane in production at a big Western plant. The machine is a Gallmeyer-Livingston surface grinder

Production. Airplanes. Machinist at work on a main-beam wing joint of ...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer and his assistant check machine gun controls in a nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship. The guns are cocked and simulated firing is conducted to assure perfect operation of the control and selector systems. This nose section will later be "mated" to a center section and the partly-finished ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer and his assistant...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. Fittings are attached to a center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship in a large Western aircraft plant. 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. Fittings are attached to a c...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

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 ...

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

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...

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

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...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More