Workers assembling B-17 Flying Fortress bomber wings, Murray Corporation of America
View of workers assembling outer wing section for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft at the Murray Corporation of America. Label on back: "Murray Corporation of America, Aircraft Division, Detroit. Print #1564-3. B-17 Flying Fortress outer wing section final assy. B-17 outer wing section and wing tip meet on a split-second schedule at this final assembly on dollies traveling on a floor drag-line conveyor. Here the wing tip is fitted and minor sub-assemblies attached. From here, still on the conveyor line, the outer wing goes on to be painted and have Army Air Force insignia attached. 18,700 man-hours per month saving resulted from conveyorizing this operation, and now 135 workers perform tasks formerly requiring 215." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & assembly)."
- Resource ID:
- na032390
- Subject:
- Airplanes--Wings
- B-17 bomber
- Boeing bombers--Design and construction
- Aircraft industry--Employees
- Murray Corporation of America
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & Assembly), 85:9
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.