Inglewood, California Historic photos, documents, and people

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

A mill operator in North American Aviation's huge machine shop turns out another of the thousands of parts for modern combat planes. All scrap metal is sent to salvage plant

Dennis McCarthy, public relations artist, at work on a bond drive poster which will go on display throughout the factory and will be reproduced also in plant publications

On the final assembly line at North American Aviation, men and women work together adjusting the controls of P-51 Mustang fighters for the United States Army Air Forces

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.

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

Captain B.R. Eckstein, Army Air Force's representative at North American climbs into a P-51 Mustang fighter for a final test before acceptance by the Army Air Force

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

Sheet metal parts are numbered with this pneumatic numbering machine in North American's sheet metal department, North American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, Calif.

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