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Snapshot: Life at the Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle Making the B-17s, Nov 1942

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Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Fuselage sections

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Girl checking electrical wiring assemblies

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Truck operators

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Two women working on a machine

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Kirksite dies for the forming of parts of the B-17 (Flying Fortress). Bombers are being finished in a hydraulic press

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Pouring a lead die to be used in the production of parts for B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Workers assembling a motor for a B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A nearly completed B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber at the end of the production line

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A crew working on the assembly of a wing

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A complete fuselage section is being hoisted from its cradle in rope slings for mating with wing sections

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Women making small airplane parts

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A sheet metal worker

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Women working on the fuselage framework

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Women assembling a wing

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Workers assembling a motor

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Octupus punching machine working on parts for B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombers

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A team of men and women workers complete assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Fuselage sections

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Tail section of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. The bombadier's compartment in the nose

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers