Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber outboard wings in final assembly area, Fisher Body Cleveland Aircraft Plant No. 2

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Description

View of outboard wings for B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft in the final assembly area at the Fisher Body, Cleveland Aircraft Plant No. 2. Label on back: "A glimpse of the final assembly area for B-29 outboard wings at Fisher Body's Cleveland Aircraft Plant No. 2. Note the forest of jigs and fixtures facilitating the assembly of the wings. From W.S. McLean, Fisher Body Division, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. (Note editor: This caption and photo has been reviewed by the War Department)." Handwritten on back: "Aircraft--Bombers (Parts & assembly)."

Details

Resource ID:: na032405
Subject:: B-29 (Bomber); Boeing bombers--Design and construction; Airplanes--Wings; 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), 85:9
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.