mechanics – Women of World War II

Women Mechanics Repair Marine Corps Bus Engine

Corporal Essie Lucas, left, and Private First Class Betty Jean Ayers, get a reconditioned engine back in place in a

WAVES Aviation Machinist’s Mates (AMM) working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine at

WAVES at the Naval Training School in Norman, Oklahoma, lower an airplane engine onto a block, July 1943. Photo size:

Auxiliaries Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo (left to right) further demonstrate their ability to service trucks as taught them during