Workers spraying paint on aircraft wing sections, DeSoto Bomber Plant
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Description
View of workers spraying paint on wing sections of bomber planes at Chrysler Corporation's DeSoto Bomber Plant. Label on back: "Dive bomber wing sections given their battle paint. Completed center wing sections for a Navy dive bomber here get their battle paint in a spray booth which formerly treated auto body parts at a plant of DeSoto Division of the Chrysler Corporation. Workmen spray a newly developed 'paint' which combines a lack of glare with a resistance to salt spray. The wings, built on a power driven assembly line, are now ready for shipment to a assembly point. From Ruthrauff & Ryan, Inc., 7430 Second Blvd., Detroit, Michigan." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & assembly)."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032383
- Subject:
- Airplanes--Wings
- Spray painting
- Bombers--Design and construction
- Aircraft industry--Employees
- Chrysler Corporation. DeSoto 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.