Woman worker in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant1942 edit1
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer. 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 1942 Oct. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. Published in: American women: a guide. Washington:, 2001, p. 203. Subjects: Douglas Aircraft Company Airplane industry Women--Employment World War, 1939-1945 United States--California--Long Beach Format: Transparencies--Color Rights Info: on publication. Repository:, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.gov/.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information C
- Date
- 1942-10
- Photographer / author
- Alfred T. Palmer. Photo restoration by Mbz1 ( talk )
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 7,160 × 5,528 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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