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Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Negro girls are proving willing and capable aircraft workers. This girl works on wing jigs in the assembly of B-17F heavy bombers at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17,
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Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Negro girls are proving willing and capable aircraft workers. This girl works on wing jigs in the assembly of B-17F heavy bombers at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17,

United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T. · 1942 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineProduction. B-17F heavy bombers. Negro girls are proving willing and capable aircraft workers. This girl works on wing jigs in the assembly of B-17F heavy bombers at the Long Beach, California, plant . 1942. United States. Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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