Miss Winifred Ashford (right) looks on as Mrs Pat Macleod tightens a nut on the wheel of her ambulance. The bonnet of the ambulance is open, ready for an inspection of the engine to be carried out. This photograph was probably taken at the depot in Paddington in 1940. Image: IWM (D 2546)
Women of the Mechanised Transport Corps at work in London England, 1940
Florence Bertold (Left) age 21 is the head of an important group of workers in the Metallurgical Laboratory of a large American steel Industry in the Easton state of New York. The Laboratory is entirely staffed by women who test the steel samples of war weapons for strength, density and other qualities. They must move heavy steel billets weighing 60 to 80 pounds around the plant, which operates 24 hours every day on three shifts. Millions of American women have entered war plants and heavy industries to release men for service in the U.S. Army Forces.
Official OWI Photo Approved by Appropriate Military Authority (AX 1183E)
Sally Brusse installs a hatch on a B-17 Flying Fortress on August 17th 1944 at the Boeing Company plant in Seattle, Washington. Boeing Historical Archives
Mrs Pat Macleod slides out from under the ambulance she is repairing to smile for the camera. She is doing maintenance work on ambulance 8, which was presented by Elliott Nugent Esq. through the American Field Service. The depot is probably somewhere in Paddington in London. Painted on the side of the vehicle are the British and American flags, confirming that this ambulance is part of the American Ambulance, Field Service, Great Britain. Image: IWM (D 2531)
Women of the Mechanised Transport Corps at work in London England, 1940.
Ralph Reynolds of Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A. is seen here at work jacking up and servicing an R.A.F. van somewhere in England, Ralph is a member of the Civilian Technical Corps. IWM (CH 4491)
Lockheed Martin employee Sally Wadsworth working on the fuselage of a P-38 Lightning in California, 1944. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)
Miss Winifred Ashford (right) looks on as Mrs Pat Macleod tightens a nut on the wheel of her ambulance. The bonnet of the ambulance is open, ready for an inspection of the engine to be carried out. This photograph was probably taken at the depot in Paddington in 1940. Image: IWM (D 2546)
Women of the Mechanised Transport Corps at work in London England, 1940
Florence Bertold (Left) age 21 is the head of an important group of workers in the Metallurgical Laboratory of a large American steel Industry in the Easton state of New York. The Laboratory is entirely staffed by women who test the steel samples of war weapons for strength, density and other qualities. They must move heavy steel billets weighing 60 to 80 pounds around the plant, which operates 24 hours every day on three shifts. Millions of American women have entered war plants and heavy industries to release men for service in the U.S. Army Forces.
Official OWI Photo Approved by Appropriate Military Authority (AX 1183E)
Sally Brusse installs a hatch on a B-17 Flying Fortress on August 17th 1944 at the Boeing Company plant in Seattle, Washington. Boeing Historical Archives
Mrs Pat Macleod slides out from under the ambulance she is repairing to smile for the camera. She is doing maintenance work on ambulance 8, which was presented by Elliott Nugent Esq. through the American Field Service. The depot is probably somewhere in Paddington in London. Painted on the side of the vehicle are the British and American flags, confirming that this ambulance is part of the American Ambulance, Field Service, Great Britain. Image: IWM (D 2531)
Women of the Mechanised Transport Corps at work in London England, 1940.
Ralph Reynolds of Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A. is seen here at work jacking up and servicing an R.A.F. van somewhere in England, Ralph is a member of the Civilian Technical Corps. IWM (CH 4491)
Lockheed Martin employee Sally Wadsworth working on the fuselage of a P-38 Lightning in California, 1944. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)
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