Ruth Cover marking plexiglass bombardier enclosure, Ford Willow Run plant

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Description

View of Ruth Cover marking the plexiglass of a bombardier enclosure for a B-24 Liberator bomber at the Ford Willow Run plant. Label on back: "After the plexiglass is molded into the proper shape, it must be marked and cut so that it will fit into the bombardier's enclosure of the Ford-built Liberator. Here Mrs. Ruth Cover, an inspector in the plexiglass department at the Ford Willow Run plant, shows how the light-weight glass is marked for cutting." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."

Details

Resource ID:: na040209
Subject:: Women aircraft industry employees; B-24 (Bomber)--Design and construction; Willow Run (Manufacturing plant); 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, Women workers, 90:5
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.