Title

This sailor mechanic is inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem.

Caption

This sailor mechanic is inspecting a PBY plane at the Naval Air Base in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship had been reconditioned by the Civil Service employees at the Assembly and Repair Department in the base.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A78_440

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NA

Property release

NA

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Rights managed

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37,2Mb (861,2Kb) / 14,6in x 9,9in / 4385 x 2967 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male library job man men country guy occupation color aeroplane aircraft plane airplane military war location century profession wartime concept mechanic bomber Navy 1940s sailor propeller Library of Congress warfare sailors Forties air Transport United States of America Colour World War II World War two naval warfare United States Navy WWII world war 2 20th century air base propellor US Navy American America USA decade Second World War WW2 photograph united states 2nd World War Naval Air Station Congressional Library Heritage Art airscrew Farm Security Administration FSA Office of War Information OWI still image Transparencies Color. gmgpc Howard Hollem Hollem Howard Howard R Hollem Hollem Howard R. Howard R. Hollem naval air base Naval Air Station Corpus Christi