WRM Aviation Woman worker in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant 1942 - Produktionsarbeiterin in der Douglas Aircraft Company 1942

Alfred T. Palmer: Woman worker in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant (Oct 1942). 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. 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: Color transparency Rights Info: on publication. Repository:, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.gov/.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War I

Date

1942-10

Photographer / author

Alfred T. Palmer.

Collection

FSA/OWI

Archive

Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)

Type

photograph

Original size

5,528 × 5,528 pixels

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