All Photos

As an NYA trainee working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is learning the construction of Navy planes, Corpus Christi, Naval Air Base, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Lorena Craig is cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Aviation cadets in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Aviation cadet in training at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Navy N2S primary land planes at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Working with a sea-plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Mrs. Cora Ann Bowen (left) works as a cowler at the Naval Air Base; Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis is a senior supervisor in the Assembly and Repairs Department, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

A sailor mechanic refueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Aviation cadets at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Sailor mechanic inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, United States

Assembling Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

A hydraulic mechanic greasing the landing gear of a transport, before the plane leaves the last station on the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

A C-87 transport plane, just off the assembly line, at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation field, Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

Rita Rodriguey,

Fort Worth, United States

Mary Louise Stepan, 21, used to be a waitress. She has a brother in the air corps. She is working on transport parts in the hand mill, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va.

Loading new transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

Frances Eggleston, aged 23, came from Oklahoma, used to do office work. Removing paper from pilot's window(?), Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States

Getting a nose door ready to put on a C-87 transport plane at the end of the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, United States