MAY 8, 2014, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: 1942-- August 1942. "Vultee Aircraft Co., Nashville. using an electric drill on a fuselage in a sub-assembly section." By Jack Delano, OWI.
MAY 8, 2014, DANNY THE DRILLER: 1942-- Another photo of the same plane as above. Comment: Appears to be A-31 Vengeance dive bomber which were built at Nashville at the Stinson plant.
They were not used in combat by U.S. forces, but saw action in the RAF, RAAF and Indian Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Only used by U.S. to tow targets.
There was some question as to why the driller was not in the military.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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