APRIL 29, 2014, NEW SHOE 1943-- Dec. 1942. "A landing wheel with its huge rubber 'shoe' is trumbled out in a service tractor to a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber awaiting completion at Boeing's Seattle plant." Operated by a woman, who make up half the plant's workers. By Andreas Feininger, OWI.
APRIL 27, 2014, LET'S BUILD A BOMBER: 1942-- Dec. 1942 "Production of B-17 heqavy bomber. A skilled team of men and women workers at Boeing plant Seattle complete assembly and fitting operations of a fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress)." By Andreas Feininger.
Bombers, Oh My! --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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