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Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A drill operator in a Western aircraft plant, using a drill jig on the center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. On the final assembly line, the completed center section will be joined to other plane sections, and noses, engines, wings, landing gear a
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Credit lineProduction. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A drill operator in a Western aircraft plant, using a drill jig on the center section of a Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. On the final assembly line, the comple. 1942-01-01. Bransby, David, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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