Woman Works on P-51 Landing Gear Mechanism

January 22, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, aviation worker, civilian worker, North American Aviation, P-51 fighter plane

A young woman employee of North American Aviation, Incorporated, working over the landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane in Inglewood, California. The mechanism resembles a small cannon. October 1942.

Photo size: 3000 × 2319
Photo source: Library of Congress
Usage: Public Domain

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