File:Woman worker in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant1942 edit1 (cropped).jpg

Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer. This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions 1942 Oct. 1 transparency : color. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide ... Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 203. Subjects: Douglas Aircraft Company Airplane industry Women--Employment World War, 1939-1945 United States--California--Long Beach Format: Transparencies--Color Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-39 (DLC) 93845501 General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35360 Call Number: LC-USW36-212

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