Posts Tagged ‘bomber’

An employee in the drill-press section of North American’s huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 (“Billy Mitchell”) bomber, used in General Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo, a

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Library Congress

Image taken on 1939-01-01 00:00:00 by The Library of Congress.

Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber, Tennessee (LOC)

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Library Congress

Image taken on 1940-01-01 00:00:00 by The Library of Congress.

Part of the cowling for one of the motors for a B-25 bomber is assembled in the engine department of North American [Aviation, Inc.]’s Inglewood, Calif., plant (LOC)

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Library Congress

Image taken on 1940-01-01 00:00:00 by The Library of Congress.

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 [i.e. C-47] bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood [i.e. Douglas Aircraft Co., Long Beach], Calif. (LOC)

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Library Congress

Image taken on 1940-01-01 00:00:00 by The Library of Congress.