Workers inspecting nacelles for Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber engines, Fisher Body Cleveland Aircraft Plant No. 1
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Description
View of man and woman inspecting nacelles for the engines the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft at the Fisher Body, Cleveland Aircraft Plant No. 1. Label on back: "Assembly of nacelles for the powerful engines of the huge B-29 is an important part of the work which Fisher Body's Cleveland Aircraft Plant No. 1 is performing for the Army Air Forces' Superfortress. Here completed nacelles are shown ready for shipment. From W.S. McLean, Fisher Body Division, General Motors Corporation, Detroit 2, Michigan. (Note editor: This caption and photo has been reviewed by the War Department)." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & assembly)."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032382
- Subject:
- B-29 (Bomber)
- Airplanes--Nacelles
- Boeing bombers--Design and construction
- Aircraft industry--Employees
- Women aircraft industry employees
- General Motors Corporation. Fisher Body Division
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & Assembly), 85:8
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.