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Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...

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[Airmen and women with Grumman G-21 Goose, Puerto Rico]

[Airmen and women with Grumman G-21 Goose, Puerto Rico]

Title: [Airmen and women with Grumman G-21 Goose, Puerto Rico] . .Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: 1939..Place: Isla Grande, Puerto Rico..Physical Description: 1 transparency: film, color; 13 x 10 c... More

[Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, Mt. Rainier]

[Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, Mt. Rainier]

Title: [Boeing Flying Fortress, Mt. Rainier]...Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April 1943..Place: Mount Rainier, Washington..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Physical Desc... More

[Waist Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

[Waist Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

Title: [Waist Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April or May 1943..Place: Mitchel Field Air Force Base, Long Island, New York..Part Of: Robe... More

[Tail Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

[Tail Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

Title: [Tail Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April or May 1943..Place: Mitchel Field Air Force Base, Long Island, New York..Part Of: Rober... More

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...

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Culver Cadet and Army Plane, World War II photo

Culver Cadet and Army Plane, World War II photo

Title: Culver Cadet and Army Plane..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: September 1941..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Description: Culver Cadet LCA and two monoplanes at ai... More

Dawn Patrol (B-25s), Southern Methodist University collection

Dawn Patrol (B-25s), Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Dawn Patrol (B-25s)..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: September 18, 1941..Place: Lake Charles, Louisiana..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Physical Description: 1 tr... More

Holding A Box. American Mennonite in France, 1940s.

Holding A Box. American Mennonite in France, 1940s.

Unidentified photograph...Citation: Lois Gunden Clemens Photograph Collection. France, 1941-1942. HM1-926 Box 1 Folder 9. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana.

[U.S. Flight Navigator, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

[U.S. Flight Navigator, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

Title: [U.S. Flight Navigator, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April or May 1943..Place: Mitchel Field Air Force Base, Long Island, New York..Part O... More

Boeing Flying Fortress, Southern Methodist University collection

Boeing Flying Fortress, Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Boeing Flying Fortress..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April 1943..Place: Mount Rainier, Washington..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Description: Boeing B-17F Fly... More

Mission Mfg. misc, ''Miss Mission'' series in color

Mission Mfg. misc, ''Miss Mission'' series in color

Title: Mission Mfg. misc, ''Miss Mission'' series in color ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: August 1944..Place: Houston, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Physical Desc... More

Mission Mfg. misc. field shots, World War II photo

Mission Mfg. misc. field shots, World War II photo

Title: Mission Mfg. misc. field shots ..Alternative Title: [Mission Manufacturing Co. miscellaneous shots]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: August 1944..Place: Houston, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yar... More

Ida Fieldman March 1945, World War II photo

Ida Fieldman March 1945, World War II photo

Ida was a 2nd Lt. Army Nurse stationed in US. She took care of the men from overseas...Collection of The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford..We're happy for you to share this digital image within th... More

Photograph of Police Officers, Civilians and Victims on the Sidewalk during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of Police Officers, Civilians and Victims on the Sidewalk d...

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Photograph of a Hole at the Bottom of a Fire Escape after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of a Hole at the Bottom of a Fire Escape after the Triangle...

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Photograph of the Asch Building after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of the Asch Building after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory ...

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Photograph of Fire Fighters Carrying a Victim of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of Fire Fighters Carrying a Victim of the Triangle Shirtwai...

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Photograph of Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Coffins

Photograph of Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Coffi...

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Photograph of People Viewing Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Coffins

Photograph of People Viewing Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factor...

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Photograph of a Broken Fire Escape after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of a Broken Fire Escape after the Triangle Shirtwaist Facto...

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Photograph of a Window and Fire Escape after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of a Window and Fire Escape after the Triangle Shirtwaist F...

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Photograph of Fire Fighters at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Photograph of Fire Fighters at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

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Photograph of Police Officers with Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of Police Officers with Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist ...

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Photograph of the Building Interior after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of the Building Interior after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fact...

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Photograph of the Building Interior after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of the Building Interior after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fact...

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Photograph of People near the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Photograph of People near the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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Private Jack Martin entertains the kids, 1943

Private Jack Martin entertains the kids, 1943

ID Number: 138832 .Melbourne, Victoria. ..Private Jack Martin, driver of the Mobile Entertainment Unit purchased with money raised by the State School children of Victoria, shows children of the Rathdown Str... More

Photograph of Diary of Eva Braun

Photograph of Diary of Eva Braun

This is a photograph of the cover of the diary of Eva Braun. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel

Helga Rome's Passport, World War II photo

Helga Rome's Passport, World War II photo

"After Kristallnacht, my grandmother went to Brazil and then we sponsored her to come here. It was difficult at the beginning for me. School was difficult, language was hard. But we graduated at 16. My father h... More

Agfacolor neu - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Agfacolor neu - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Fargefotografering ble tilgjengelig for et større publikum i siste halvdel av 1930-årene. Selskapene Kodak (USA) og Agfa (Tyskland) konkurrerte om å være først ute med å presentere en metode som ville gjøre far... More

Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training methods, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training met...

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"Women in white" doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mildred Webb, an NYA trainee at the base, is learning to operate a cutting machine in the Assembly and Repair Department. After about eight weeks as an apprentice she will be eligible for a civil service job in the capacity for which she has been trained

"Women in white" doctor Navy planes (motors) at the Naval Air Base, Co...

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Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company enjoy a well-earned lunch period, Long Beach, Calif. Nacelle parts of a heavy bomber form the background

Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas ...

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Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., F...

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Public Domain Stock Photo . Soldier's grave grave war.

Public Domain Stock Photo . Soldier's grave grave war.

Wartime images: Free images of war, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required.

Astronaut Deke Slayton during World War II

Astronaut Deke Slayton during World War II

(1945) This World War II photograph shows future Astronaut Donald Deke K. Slayton (on right) and 1st Lt. Ed Steinman (on left) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the summer... More

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American [Aviation, Inc.]'s Inglewood, Calif., plant

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women w...

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Front Nose of B-25 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Front Nose of B-25 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

Two B-25s in flight - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Two B-25s in flight - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

A little girl holding her hands out to a group of people. Girl children manzanar.

A little girl holding her hands out to a group of people. Girl childre...

A girl stretches her arms in a circle. Public domain stock photographs related to music and performing arts.

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks for the U.S. Army Air Corps, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Little, age 30, the mother of two children, spraying small parts. Her husband runs a farm

War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tan...

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Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...

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Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic ...

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A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, ...

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On North American's outdoor assembly line, a painter cleans the tail section of a P-51 fighter prior to spraying the olive-drab camouflage of the U.S. Army, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif

On North American's outdoor assembly line, a painter cleans the tail s...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidate...

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aahs_p002039 - A black and white photo of the inside of a plane

aahs_p002039 - A black and white photo of the inside of a plane

Bell XFM-1 Interior, looking Forward from 50 cal Gunners seat

Photograph of Sailors Paying Tribute to Casualties of the Pearl Harbor Attack at a Hawaiian Islands Cemetery

Photograph of Sailors Paying Tribute to Casualties of the Pearl Harbor...

Original caption: Sailors pay tribute to casualties of the Pearl Harbor attack at a Hawaiian Islands cemetery, circa Spring 1942, possibly Memorial Day. ... More

Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

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World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Second Lieutenant (2LT) Charles David Jones. 2LT Jones is an Ace Pilot credited with 6 kills. His home is 112 Dow Avenue, Mineola, New York

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Second L...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South Pacific Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Duitse soldaten op motoren - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication image

Duitse soldaten op motoren - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication imag...

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Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air...

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Lunchtime brings a few minutes of rest for these women workers of the assembly line at Douglas Aircraft Company's plant, Long Beach, Calif. Sand bags for protection against air raid form the background. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber, and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Lunchtime brings a few minutes of rest for these women workers of the ...

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Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Drilling on a Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Wort...

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Men and women make efficient operating teams on riveting and other jobs at the Douglas Aircraft plant, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Men and women make efficient operating teams on riveting and other job...

Photo shows a woman and man working on a Douglas Aircraft Company cockpit shell identified as a C-47 based on the window outline. Although sometimes called a 'biscuit bomber, 'the plane was for transport. (Sou... More

Cessna UC–78 Bobcat at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

Cessna UC–78 Bobcat at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

The Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory acquired the five-seat Cessna UC–78 in March 1943 to maintain the proficiency of its pilots. The UC–78 was referred to as the “Bamboo Bomber” because of its wooden wings ... More

Installation of the Douglas XSB2D-1 in the Test Section of the 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel at Ames.

Installation of the Douglas XSB2D-1 in the Test Section of the 40x80 F...

Test section of the Ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel with the overhead doors open. XSB2D-1 airplane being lowered onto the struts by the overhead crane. Mechanics and engineers on orchard ladders aligning the mod... More

Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashville, Tennessee

Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashvill...

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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.

Operating a hand drill at North American Aviation, Inc., [a] woman is ...

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Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Resear...

A Consolidated B–24D Liberator (left), Boeing B–29 Superfortress (background), and Lockheed RA–29 Hudson (foreground) parked inside the Flight Research Building at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautic... More

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Ven...

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B-25H parked in the snowy Aleutians

B-25H parked in the snowy Aleutians

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

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

A young woman employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, worki...

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B-25H, parked with a jeep - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

B-25H, parked with a jeep - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the sc...

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With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly and installation work, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

With careful Douglas training, women do accurate electrical assembly a...

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World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT Lieutenant Albert Edward Hacking, taken at San Diego, California (CA), April 19,1943. 1LT Hacking is assigned to the First Marine Air Wing, (1ST MAW) South Pacific and is an Ace Pilot credited with 5 kills. His home is 152 Finch Avenue Pawtucket, Rhode Island

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Stotz, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

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Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., checking to see if the proper numbers of parts were received and placed in the proper bin, Inglewood, Calif. 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

Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., chec...

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B-25 in flight southeast of Attu

B-25 in flight southeast of Attu

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

Photo depicts Retired 1st. Lt. John J. O’Leary, a Marine

Photo depicts Retired 1st. Lt. John J. O’Leary, a Marine

Photo depicts Retired 1st. Lt. John J. O’Leary, a Marine veteran of World War II, date and location unknown. O’Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Sig... More

Bombing bomb destruction. A black and white photo of a city with smoke coming out of it

Bombing bomb destruction. A black and white photo of a city with smoke...

Architecture stock photograph: A view of the air force's headquarters in the city of italy, on april 20, 1945 / A black and white photo of a city with smoke coming out of it.

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Looking north over Ford Island, October 10, 1941. This aerial view shows the variety of naval aircraft facilities located on the Ford Island Naval Air Station. The famous “Battleship Row” can be seen on the r... More

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ), George L. Hollowell, taken at Marine Corps Air Station, El Centro, California (CA). MAJ Hollowell is an Ace Pilot credited with 8 kills

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rele... More

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Nacelle parts for a heavy bomber form the background

A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, ...

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Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham, entered war work after their husbands joined the service, Glenview, Ill. They assemble bands for blood transfusion bottles at Baxter Laboratories. Mrs. Burnham is the mother of two children

Two Navy wives, Eva Herzberg and Elve Burnham, entered war work after ...

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Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...

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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

Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman wo...

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B-25H parked in the snowy Aleutians

B-25H parked in the snowy Aleutians

Images of the 77th Bomber Squadron, serving in the Aleutian Campaign during World War II

Wright R–2600–8 Engine in the Engine Propeller Research Building

Wright R–2600–8 Engine in the Engine Propeller Research Building

A Wright Aeronautical R–2600 Cyclone piston engine installed in the Engine Propeller Research Building, or Prop House, at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laborato... More

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ), Jack E. Conger assigned to the Death Dealers" squadron on Peleliu Island. MAJ Conger is an Ace Pilot credited with 10 kills. His home is 6009 North Waterbury Road, Des Moines, Iowa

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Peleliu Island Country: Belau (PLW) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William Wilson, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...

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This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombard...

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Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. She buoys up feminine morale in her department by arranging suitable living conditions for out-of-state employees and by helping them with their personal problems

Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis has been appointed by civil service to be senior ...

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Army Air Corps 100th Pursuit Squadron, Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site, 2016.

Army Air Corps 100th Pursuit Squadron, Martin Luther King Jr National ...

Photo date unknown. In 1941 the Army Air Corps' all African American 100th Pursuit Squadron, later designated a fighter squadron, was activated at Tuskegee Institute. The squadron served honorably in England an... More

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio

Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., A...

Photograph shows woman ironing. Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Robert M. Hanson, Marine Fighter Squadron 215 (VMF-215) "Flying Corsairs" taken at Bougainville, January 28,1944. 1LT Hanson was awarded the Medal of Honor and is an Ace Pilot credited with 25 kills. His home is 31 Brooks Avenue, Newtonville, Massachusetts

World War II (WWII) area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) First Li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Bougainville Country: Solomon Islands (SLB) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Douglas White, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

General Hap Arnold Visits AERL. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

General Hap Arnold Visits AERL. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Description: (November 9, 1944) General Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold visits the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as John H. Glenn Researc... More

Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas. Cabbie Coleman, former housewife, works at western aircraft plant. Installing of oxygen racks above the flight deck

Production of B-24 bombers and C-87 transports, Consolidated Aircraft ...

12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Radio Direction Finder Station - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Radio Direction Finder Station - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ...

This photograph depicts the Radio Direction Finder Station in North Truro, Massachusetts. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Aerial View Over Chatham Massachusetts

Aerial View Over Chatham Massachusetts

This photograph is an aerial view over Chatham Massachusetts, looking North into Pleasant Bay. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

DD-402 USS Mayrant - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

DD-402 USS Mayrant - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

This photograph depicts the 1500 ton McCall class, DD-402 USS Mayrant, built by Boston Navy Yard. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Sketch of Camp McCoy POW camp - A black and white drawing of a town

Sketch of Camp McCoy POW camp - A black and white drawing of a town

A scene from a sketchbook of a prisoner of war (POW) at Camp McCoy from the 1940s is shown. The scene shows the POW compound that was located on South Post and housed POWs from World War II.

A member of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Carolina, parachutes to the ground at Charleston Air Force Base after jumping from a C-17 Globemaster III, 15th Airlift Squadron Charleston AFB, South Carolina. The jump is part of the 82nd Airborne Division Associations annual convention in downtown Charleston Aug. 8-12. 300 members of the 82nd exited the C-17s in six passes. "The jump is the keystone event," said Captain Terrance McGraw, USA, event coordinator and commander, Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division Support Command, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, "It is part nostalgia and here is how we do it today. We have the utmost respect for the World War II...

A member of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Caroli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A member of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, North Carolina, parachutes to the ground at Charleston Air Force Base ... More

In celebration of the 228th Marine Corps Birthday, a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine wears a World War II (WWII) era uniform as part of the historical period uniform pageant, held aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Quantico

In celebration of the 228th Marine Corps Birthday, a US Marine Corps (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Christopher M. Tirado, USMC ... More

Black History Month Closing Program - HUD Black History Month Closing Program, featuring discussion of World War II Tuskegee Airmen [and appearance by unit veteran Curtis Robinson]

Black History Month Closing Program - HUD Black History Month Closing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Event: Black History Month Closing Program Subject Description: HUD Black History Month Closing Program, featuring discussion of World War II Tuskegee Ai... More

US Air Force (USAF) Structural Maintainers prepare to paint a World War II (WWII) era P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft Static Display, outside the 9th Air Force Headquarters Building at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC). Pictured left-to-right: SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Hendrix, SRA Joshua Joslin, and AIRMAN (AMN) Jeffery Targ

US Air Force (USAF) Structural Maintainers prepare to paint a World Wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Josef E. Cole III, USAF Relea... More

US Air Force (USAF) Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CCMST) Vickie C. Mauldin, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), stands on the shoreline of Normandy, France at the area designates as Utah Beach during the World War Two (WWII) Allied invasion of France

US Air Force (USAF) Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CCMST) Vickie C. Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utah Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Richard C. Smeeth, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

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