Worker making adjustments to tail section of B-26 bomber, Automotive Committee for Air Defense factory

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Description

View of worker making adjustments to fuselage of a B-26 bomber in the factory of the Automotive Committee for Air Defense. Label on back: "1. Front view of fuselage of Martin B-26, engine bomber, with one wing attached. This disassembled Martin bomber is on display at the Automotive Committee for Air Defense headquarters, 8505 West Warren Avenue, Detroit. This fuselage is exhibited at the west end of the factory building, immediately adjoining the offices of the Automotive Committee for Air Defense. (Picture taken December 22, 1940.)" Handwritten on back: "Automotive Committee for Air Defense, (ACAD)."

Details

Resource ID:: na032483
Subject:: Marauder (Bomber); Airplanes--Fuselage; Bombers--Design and construction; Aircraft industry--Employees; Automotive Committee for Air Defense; Automotive Council for War Production--Archives; Photographic prints
Date:: 1940-12-22
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Automotive Committee for Air Defense (ACAD), 85:16
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.