Inglewood, California - Historic photos, documents, and people

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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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A North American P-51 fighter is cleaned by painters before receiving the olive drab paint of the United States Army Air Forces

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A Negro woman at North American Aviation uses an electric hand drill to drill holes in a sheet metal assembly prior to riveting

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Finished parts from the drop hammer department are placed on trucks and delivered to the sheet metal sub-assembly department

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Two North American employees entertain their fellow workers with a boxing match during the lunch period recreation program

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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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On North American's outdoor assembly line, employees rush a B-25 to completion, North American Aviation, Inglewood, Calif.

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A woman welder at North American Aviation works on a sub-assembly for one of the huge tanks that go into the B-25 bombers

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On North American's outdoor assembly line, two employees prepare a B-25 for paint, wiping off paint and chalk marks, etc.

Inglewood, California Historic photos, documents, and people