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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Angle shearing. This girl in slacks is angle-shearing sheet metal for use in "Vengeance" dive bombers manufactured at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Fo
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Credit lineProduction. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Angle shearing. This girl in slacks is angle-shearing sheet metal for use in "Vengeance" dive bombers manufactured at Vultee's Nashville Division. The "Ven. 1943-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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