Women are welders discuss the production of motor mounts and welded parts in a welding booth at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc. The plant produces B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bombers and P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes.

A woman welder at the Inglewood, Calif. plant of North American Aviation works on a sub-assembly for one of the huge tanks that go into B-25 bombers.

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Mrs. Lewis, women's counselor at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, discusses a problem with an employee. Women employees are free to consult Mrs. Lewis anytime. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A group of North American's women employees at Inglewood, California, discuss a coming sports event with Bonnie Edlund, women's activities director. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on To

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Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American Aviation, Inc. 's Inglewood, Calif., plant

Women take over the operation of some of the heaviest machine tools at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Day and night, shifts of girl employees use this huge hydraulic press to form thousands of sheet metal parts for United Nations war planes.

The skin is applied to the frame of a tank for a B-25 bomber. Women can be found in every department at North American Aviation, working together and with men. Next year approximately eighty percent of employees will be women; twenty percent at present Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Dat

Switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers are assembled by women workers at North American Aviation Inc's, Inglewood, Calif, plant