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Inglewood, United States
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One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25 tank structure
A few of the thousands of parts move out of the hydropress department upon completion to the fabrication shops
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
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
A North American P-51 fighter receives final inspection on the flight ramp before its first test flight
Assemblies are checked by an inspector at this North American P-51 fighter moves down the final assembly line
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
A partial view of North American's flight ramp, with P-51 fighters getting final adjustments before flight tests and paint
Final assemblies are added to a North American P-51 on the "Sunshine" assembly line
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
One of North American's women employees operates a pneumatic numbering machine in the sheet metal department. All items are given index numbers
As North American P-51 fighters move off the final assembly line and on to the flight ramp, flight crews make final adjustments
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
The motor of a North American B-25 bomber is given final adjustment before motor run-up
North American B-25 bomber fuselage sections move down a long overhead powered conveyor line
Another wood crate is assembled in North American's shipping department for a "Mustang" fighter for the Royal Air Force
Wood is cut to the exact shape for assembling crates for shipping supplies and spare parts from North American's shipping department
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
A skilled employee at North American assembles the cowling on a North American B-25 bomber
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
A Negro employee on North American's flight ramp tows a B-25 bomber into place
Two North American employees entertain their fellow workers with a boxing match during the lunch period recreation program
A scale model of North American's B-25 bomber is placed in the company's new wind tunnel