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P-12P
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The Tremulant P-12P BiChambered Autonomic Thrust Bearing Sequencer replaces the McPherson Blue Steel Anticlave, the Petersen 3TXa AquaGuage and two 47P-9 Oswalt TriThruster Rigs, reducing Capital outlays, simplifying Engineering China Considerations and saving 12 cubic feet of precious work space that your competitors won’t be able to match!
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[Cat. part #wKDT07b]
An employee in the drill-press section of North American’s huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 (“Billy Mitchell”) bomber, used in General Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo, a
Image by The Library of Congress
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
An employee in the drill-press section of North American’s huge machine shop runs mounting holes in a large dural casting, Inglewood, Calif. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Airplane industry
Assembly-line methods
World War, 1939-1945
Drilling
United States–California–Inglewood
Format: Transparencies–Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection 12002-38 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35306
Call Number: LC-USW36-262