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Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Men and women join in producing vital military aircraft in the big Douglas plant at Long Beach, California. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and
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Credit lineProduction. Airplane maufacture, general. Men and women join in producing vital military aircraft in the big Douglas plant at Long Beach, California. Most important of the many types of aircraft made . 1942-01-01. 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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