Author: Margie Bedell-Burke

Aircraft Workers 

NYA Mechanic Trainee Rivets Aircraft Parts

January 20, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanic, assembly plant, civilian worker training, corpus christi, job training, mechanic training, naval air base, NYA trainee

Oyida Peaks riveting aircraft parts as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic in the Assembly and Repair

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Aircraft Workers 

Cowler at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, aviation worker, civilian worker, corpus christi, cowler, naval air base

Lorena Craig is a cowler under civil service at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. August 1942. Photo

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Aircraft Workers 

Riveter and Supervisor in Assembly and Repair Dept

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation worker, civilian workers, naval air base, riveter, rosie the riveter

Bowen and Olsen, a riveter and her supervisor, in the Assembly and Repair Department at the Naval Air Base in

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Woman Mechanic Works on a Wright Whirlwind Motor

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanic, assembly plant, corpus christi, Mary Josephine Farley, mechanic, naval air base, Wright Whirlwind, WWII WASPs

Assembly and Repairs Department mechanic Mary Josephine Farley works on a Wright Whirlwind motor at the Naval Air Base in

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Department Store Girl Turned Cowler at Naval Air Base

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civil service, civilian worker, corpus christi, cowler, naval air base

With a woman’s determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job. Before she came to work at the Naval Air

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Aircraft Workers 

Worker Reconditions Spark Plugs in Repair Department

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments civil service, civilian worker, corpus christi, naval air base

Mrs. Doris Duke, who is 26 and a mother of one child, is a civil service worker in the Assembly

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Woman at Work in Assembly and Repair Department

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation worker, civil service, civilian workers, corpus christi, naval air base, rosie the riveter, womanpower

Answering the nation’s need for womanpower, Mrs. Virginia Davis made arrangements for the care of her two children during the

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Other War Workers 

Men and Women in Camouflage Class at NYU

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aerial photographs, army jobs, camouflage class, job training, model making, New York University

Camouflage class at New York University, where men and women are preparing for jobs in the Army or in industry.

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Aircraft Workers 

Women Inspectors Check Cargo Transport Innerwings

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft inspectors, aircraft workers, aviation plant, aviation workers, civilian workers, douglas aircraft company

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage at Douglas Aircraft

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Aircraft Workers 

Women Train to do Engine Installation at Douglas Aircraft

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, aircraft workers, aviation plant, civilian workers, douglas aircraft company, engine installation

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach,

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