Posts Tagged ‘Calif.’

Huge drop hammers work day and night forming sheet metal parts for United Nations bombers and fighters at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant, Inglewood, Calif. The heavy hemp rope is used to snub the hammer so that it forms the part under proper pre

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Library Congress

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

P-51 (“Mustang”) fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the field of North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Inglewood, Calif. (LOC)

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Library Congress

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

On North American’s outdoor assembly line, employees rush a B-25 to completion, N[orth] A[merican] Aviation, Inglewood, Calif. (LOC)

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Library Congress

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

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.

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

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Library Congress

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

P-51 (“Mustang”) fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the field of the North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Inglewood, Calif. (LOC)

Wednesday, October 20th, 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.