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Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter
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Workers Line Up Machine Guns on a B-17 Flying Fortress Chin Turret
B-17 Flying Fortress Tail Turret Assembly
Woman Drilling a B-17 Flying Fortress Tail Turret
Installation of B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret
Woman Aligning B-17 Flying Fortress Top Turret Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret Final Assembly
Woman Inside B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret
Woman Installs New Cheek Guns on B-17 Flying Fortress
Woman Installs New Waist Guns on B-17 Flying Fortress
Mechanics Assemble a B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Section
Woman Inside B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret
B-17 Flying Fortress Construction
Team Installs a B-17 Flying Fortress Bomb Bay Catwalk
Riveting a B-17 Flying Fortress Fuselage
Woman Welder Working on a B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 Flying Fortress Assembly
Man and Woman Bucking Rivets on a B-17 Flying Fortress
Riveting a B-17 Flying Fortress Fuselage
Woman Drilling a B-17 Flying Fortress During Assembly
B-17 Flying Fortress Cabin Top Assembly
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Two Gun Shop Mechanics Install the Tub on a B-17 Flying Fortress Chin Turret
In response for the Army's request for a large, multiengine bomber, the B-17 (Model 299) prototype, financed entirely by Boeing, went from design to flight test in less than 12 months. The B-17 Flying Fortress was a low-wing monoplane that combined aerodynamic features of the XB-15 giant bomber, and the Model 247 transport. The B-17 was the first Boeing military aircraft with a flight deck instead of an open cockpit and was armed with bombs and five .30-caliber machine guns mounted in clear blisters. Each version of the B-17 was more heavily armed. Described by General H. H. Hap Arnold, as the backbone of our worldwide aerial offensive, the B-17 Flying Fortress served in every World War II combat zone. Boeing, Douglas, and Lockheed Vega produced 12,731 B-17s, and the four-engine bombers became legendary for their ability to stay in the air after taking brutal poundings.
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BI212176
Boeing ID
h1291
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2788px × 3600px 9MB
License type
RM
Keywords
1930s
adults
airplanes
ammunition/weapons systems
bombers
busy
factories
factory workers
female
ground shots
historic production status
interiors
male
manufacturing
military
monoplanes
occupations and work
photos
propeller planes
Rosie the Riveter
scanned from film negative
three people
working together
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