A completed B-17 F heavy bomber is checked by final inspectors at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company before it moves to the flight line for rigid acceptance tests.
- Date
- c. 1942
- Photographer / author
- Probably Alfred T. Palmer
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,000 × 2,428 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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"A completed B-17 F heavy bomber is checked by final inspectors at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company before it moves to the flight line for rigid acceptance tests." (c. 1942). Probably Alfred T. Palmer. U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_completed_B-17_F_heavy_bomber_is_checked_by_final_inspectors_at_the_Long_Beach,_Calif.,_plant_of_Douglas_Aircraft..._-_NARA_-_196381.tifNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 115654.
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