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

38 photos

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Warehouse worker handing out material for the building of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Warehouse handing out material for the building of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombers

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-7 F (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. A team of workers completing assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section

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

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

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17F (Flying Fortress) bombing plane. Assembly and fitting operations on the interior of a fuselage section for a B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber

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. A spot welder