Random WWII findings. I have left the original captions in bold.
Airplanes parked in Douglas Aircrafts’ parking lot – 1948
Workers assembling P38 fighter planes on an outdoor assembly line at Lockheed Aircraft -1942.
American SB2C scout plane circling above an aircraft carrier prior to landing – 1944.
Crewman manning the tail gun aboard an American B-25 Mitchell bomber – 1944.
“Little Bill”B-17 Bomber Crew
Ball turret gunner Sgt. James M. Abbott, holding onto one of the 50-cal. waist machine guns as he takes off his warm high altitude clothing upon return fr. a sucessful bombing mission in the Amer. B-17 “Little Bill”, at Sahara desert – 1943.
Reduction of heavy bombers into aluminum for household use, at air field at Kingman, rows of planes on flight strip, being dismantled, piles of motors and cylinders – 1947.
The grand old days of aircraft storage!
B29 Bombers being stored at the base – 1947.
Allied B29’s sitting on newly completed air field – 1945.
By: J Boyle - 13th February 2009 at 17:35
I’ve looked at some of the archive and occasionally their captions/cutlines leave a lot to be desired. S
ince the first photo shows F-82s, I’d suggest the factory is the North American plant rather than Douglas…unless for some reason F-82s were stored for a period. But since the firms were at different airports, they would have been flown in.
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February 13, 2009 at 5:18 pm
