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    American Woman

    Pictures from the 1940's of women building bomber planes.

    • Drilling on a Liberator Bomber.

      Photographer Howard R Hollem.

    • Fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Oyida Peaks.

      Photographer Howard R Hollem.

    • Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Mechanic Mary Josephine Farley.

      Photographer Howard R Hollem.

    • Annette del Sur.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • At work on a bomber.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Manufacture of self-sealing gas tanks.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • At lunch absorbing California sunshine.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Making final adjustments.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Working on an airplane motor.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Lorena Craig.

      Photographer Howard R Hollem.

    • Inspecting cargo transport innerwings.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section.

      Photographer Alfred T Palmer.

    • Source : The Library of Congress