Aircraft Workers

Aircraft Workers 

Aviation Worker Touches Up Bomber Insignia

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army air forces, aviation worker, civilian worker, dive bomber, Vultee Aircraft, World War II

A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia on the side

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Aviation Worker Assembles B-25 Bomber Switch Boxes

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation worker, b-25 bomber, civilian worker, North American Aviation

World War II aviation worker assembles switch boxes on the firewalls of B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Inc.’s Inglewood,

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Aircraft Workers 

Aviation Workers Assemble P-51 Wing Section

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, aviation plant, aviation workers, civilian workers, fighter plane, P-51

Two women employees of North American Aviation, Incorporated, assembling a section of a wing for a P-51 fighter plane. October

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Woman Trains to Become Mechanic in Corpus Christi

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments apprenticeship program, assembly plant, civil service, civilian workers, corpus christi, naval air base, NYA trainee

A rivet is her fighting weapon. Oyida Peaks, daughter of a Navy lieutenant, is one of many women taking NYA

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Civil Service Worker Paints Insignia on Navy Plane Wings

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft repair, civil service, civilian worker, corpus christi, painting

Women from all fields have joined the production army. Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air

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Pearl Harbor Widow Supervises Assembly & Repair Dept

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments assembly plant, civilian workers, corpus christi, pearl harbor widows

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance. Mrs. Virginia Young

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NYA Trainee Operates Cutting Machine at Naval Air Base

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, apprentice, civil service, civilian worker, corpus christi, NYA trainee

“Women in white” doctor Navy aircraft motors at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mildred Webb, an NYA

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Workers at Assembly and Repair Department in Corpus Christi

January 18, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aviation plant, civil service, civilian workers, corpus christi, naval air base

Formerly a sociology major at the University of Southern California, Mrs. Eloise J. Ellis (left) now “keeps ’em flyin’” at

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Woman Works as Cowler at Naval Air Base

January 18, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft worker, civilian worker, corpus christi, cowler, naval air base

Women contribute their skills to the nation’s needs during WWII by keeping the country’s planes in top-notch fighting condition. Wife

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Putting Finishing Touches on B-17F Bomber Nose Section

January 18, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, aviation plant, b-17f bomber, civilian worker, douglas aircraft company, Flying Fortress, woman worker

North Dakota native Phyllis Ann Marxson Clark puts the finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy

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