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

Here's our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber from a bombardment squadron base at the field, Langley Field, Va.

Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it

One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Va. It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga, United States

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga, United States

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga, United States

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga, United States

Welders making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga, United States

Maintenance mechanic in largest coal press in world, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga, United States

Mechanical operator on boiler parts, Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chattanooga, United States

Maintenance man at the Combustion Engineering Co. working at the largest cold steel hydraulic press in the world, Chattanooga, Tenn. This press can shape steel plates several inches in thickness

Chattanooga, United States

Mounting motor on a Fairfax B-25 bomber, at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Inglewood, Calif.

Riveting team working on the cockpit shell of a B-25 i.e. C-47 bomber at the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood i.e. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Inglewood, United States

B-25 bombers on the outdoor assembly line at North American Aviation, Incorporated, almost ready for their first test flight, Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, United States

Punching rivet holes in a frame member for a B-25 bomber, the plant of North American Aviation, Inc., Calif.

Inglewood, United States

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif.

Inglewood, United States

B-25 bomber planes at the North American Aviation, Incorporated being hauled along an outdoor assembly line with an "International" tractor, Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, United States

New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspection and tests at the flying field of an aircraft plant, North American Aviation, Inc., Calif. It performs at the 25,000-foot ceiling

Inglewood, United States

B-25 bombers lined up at North American Aviation, Incorporated, almost ready for their first test flight, Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, United States

Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, United States

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line to join other ships on the outdoor assembly line, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

Inglewood, United States

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside assembly line, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

Inglewood, United States