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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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Aircraft Workers 

Shop Technician at Douglas Aircraft Company Plant

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft plant, aviation worker, civilian worker, douglas aircraft company, shop technician, training

Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach,

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Aircraft Workers 

Woman is Trained as Aircraft Engine Mechanic

January 19, 2017March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft engine mechanic, civilian worker, douglas aircraft company, mechanic trainee

Woman is trained as an aircraft engine mechanic using thorough Douglas training methods at Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach,

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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 

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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Aircraft Workers 

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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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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Top-Notch Mechanic Rebuilds Airplane Engines

October 3, 2016March 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft factory, airplane mechanic, civilian worker, licensed pilot, Mary Josephine Farley, WWII WASPs

A top-notch mechanic, 20-year-old Mary Josephine Farley expertly rebuilds airplane engines in 1941. A licensed pilot who had already made

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