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Photograph of woman working in airplane manufacture

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC385_33_05_10218

Dates

  • Creation: 1942 Oct

Creator

Summary

8x10 black and white photo. Caption reads: "Women work side by side with men in the engineering department of North American Aviation, Inc. at Inglewood, Calif. The young woman pictured above traces complicated drawings of the thousands of parts that go into a modern fighting plane. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe."

Extent

.33 Megabytes

General Note

Old Folder Title - PRG3-4-5, Navy General, Ships: Unidentified

Repository Details

Part of the Naval War College Archives Repository

Contact:
US Naval War College
686 Cushing Rd
Newport RI 02841 US