Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif. June 1942.
Women at work
The more women at work the sooner we win! … U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943.
1942 assembly line
Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is working in the control surface department assembling a section of the leading edge for the horizontal stabilizer of a plane, Inglewood, Calif. October 1942.
1942 P-51 fighter plane
A young woman employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, working over the landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane, Inglewood, Calif. The mechanism resembles a small cannon. October 1942.
1943 dive bomber
This woman worker at the Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before the installation of the landing gear, Nashville, Tenn. This [is] one of the numerous assembly operations in connection with the mass production of Vultee “Vengeance” dive bombers. February 1943.
1943 dive bomber
This woman worker at the Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before the installation of the landing gear, Nashville, Tenn. This [is] one of the numerous assembly operations in connection with the mass production of Vultee “Vengeance” dive bombers. February 1943.
1942 Naval air base
With a woman’s determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, Corpus Christi, Texas. Before she came to work at the Naval air base she was a department store girl. Now she is a cowler under civil service. August 1942.
1942 woman machinist
Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. October 1942.
1943 hand drill
Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee “Vengeance” dive bomber, Tennessee. The “Vengeance” (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. 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. February 1943.
1942 A-20 bomber
An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif. October 1942.
1942 mechanic
Woman at work on motor, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. October 1942.
1943 hand drill
Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown working on the horizontal stabilizer for a Vultee “Vengeance” dive bomber, Tennessee. The “Vengeance” (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the R.A.F. 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. February 1943.
1943 woman welder
Enola O’Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child, ex-housewife, now only woman welder at Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisc. February 1943.
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