Women become skilled shop technicians at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft who produces the B-17F, A-20 and C-47.

Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy tr

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 (

Man and women joining in producing a vital military aircraft at the big Douglas plant in Long Beach, Calif.

Women workers install fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber the "Flying Fortress" at the Long Beach, California plant of Douglas Aircraft Company.

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif (cropped)

Experienced assembly line workers of both sexes contribute to the production of A-20 attack bombers in the Douglas Aircraft plant at Long Beach, Calif.

Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Creator(s): Palmer, Alfred T., photographer Date Created/Published: 1942 Oct. Medium:.