aircraft workers – Women of World War II

Inspectors Check Center Wings of Transport Planes

Female inspectors at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company make a careful check of center wings for

Two female employees of the Vultee Aircraft plant in Nashville, Tennessee, are shown working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber. February

Two female aircraft workers riveting plane parts at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. October 1942. Photo size:

Civilian workers drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas.

Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport innerwings before they are assembled on the fuselage at Douglas Aircraft

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach,

Lunchtime brings a few minutes of rest for these women workers of the assembly line at Douglas Aircraft Company’s plant,

Women “man” America’s machines in a west coast airplane factory, where the swing shift of drill press operators is composed