Title

An employee in the drill-press section of North American's huge machine..., Inglewood, Calif. , 1942 Creator: Alfred T Palmer.

Caption

An employee in the drill-press section of North American's huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM22A79_160

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149,0Mb (2,6Mb) / 21,4in x 27,0in / 6434 x 8093 (300dpi)

Keywords

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