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Employees at North American return to work after witnessing an air show sponsored by the company
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A man and woman employee on North American's P-51 fighter final assembly line check their day's work on a "sign-off" sheet as each assembly is completed
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North American employees gather on the flight ramp during lunch period to see the ships they helped build perform
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On the outside assembly line, the North American B-25 bomber receives its Army camouflage paint
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One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25 tank structure
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A few of the thousands of parts move out of the hydropress department upon completion to the fabrication shops
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In North American's tank department, a woman employee rivets a rib. Tanks like these with high test gasoline enable United Nations bombers to fly faster and farther
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As fuselage center sections for B-25 bombers move down a long overhead conveyer, hundreds of North American women employees assemble the thousands of parts that go into a modern combat plane
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A North American P-51 fighter receives final inspection on the flight ramp before its first test flight
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Assemblies are checked by an inspector at this North American P-51 fighter moves down the final assembly line
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Captain C.R. Douglass, Assistant Army Air Forces Representative at North American Aviation, looks aloft before taking another P-51 fighter into the air for a routine test flight
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A partial view of North American's flight ramp, with P-51 fighters getting final adjustments before flight tests and paint
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Final assemblies are added to a North American P-51 on the "Sunshine" assembly line
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Production control clerks check on the number of parts that are being delivered to the final assembly floor. The tricycle has proven very useful in aircraft plants
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One of North American's women employees operates a pneumatic numbering machine in the sheet metal department. All items are given index numbers
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As North American P-51 fighters move off the final assembly line and on to the flight ramp, flight crews make final adjustments
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On North American's "Sunshine" assembly line, a B-25 bomber is prepared for painting. Paper is taped to those areas not to be painted
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The motor of a North American B-25 bomber is given final adjustment before motor run-up
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North American B-25 bomber fuselage sections move down a long overhead powered conveyor line
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Another wood crate is assembled in North American's shipping department for a "Mustang" fighter for the Royal Air Force
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Wood is cut to the exact shape for assembling crates for shipping supplies and spare parts from North American's shipping department
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Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a North American B-25 bomber prior to acceptance by the Army
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A skilled employee at North American assembles the cowling on a North American B-25 bomber
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Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a North American B-25 bomber prior to acceptance by the Army
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