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Production. Airplane maufacture, general. At the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, scrap metal is carefully segregated in separate boxes for the maximum salvage at the smelter. Most important of the many types of aircrafts made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress")
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Credit lineProduction. Airplane maufacture, general. At the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, scrap metal is carefully segregated in separate boxes for the maximum salvage at the smelter. 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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