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<strong>Alfred Palmer: Production of A-20 attack bombers, Long Beach, California, 1942 <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/trialsanderrors/">by trialsanderrors</a></strong> <br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Production. A-20 attack bombers. Women workers at the Long Beach, California plant of Douglas Aviation Company groom lines of transparent noses for deadly A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and RAF (Royal Air Force) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations; also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns in varying combinations. Photograph by Alfred Palmer on assignment for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_War_Information" rel="nofollow">Office of War Information</a>, October 1942.

From the FSA-OWI collection at the U.S. Library of Congress. More pictures by Alfred Palmer | More pictures from the FSA-OWI collection [PD] This picture is in the public domain.