Construction of aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin plant at Baltimore, MD. Fuselages, just out of the assembly jigs are on these special stands, to be given a water test. Instead of being placed in water, the water is placed in the hulls and the inspection made from the outside.
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- 1943-02
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