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[16 Year Olds]
Image of three male sixteen year old teenagers working together wearing protective glasses and holding power tools. Left to right is: Jack Dalby, Paul Haddix, and Billy Simonds.
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[Woman Working with Machinery]
Image of Ruby Benson performing a drilling operation of five holes in a wing fitting for an aircraft.
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[16 Year Old Curtis Atteberry]
Image of 16 year old Curtis Atteberry working with metallic materials.
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[M.J. Springer Instructing an Advanced Inspection Class]
Image of M.J. Springer instructing an advanced inspection class at the Will Rogers Aircraft Technical Training School. The classroom is occupied by several male employees.
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[M.J. Springer Instructing an Advanced Inspection Class]
Image of M.J. Springer instructing an advanced inspection class at the Will Rogers Aircraft Technical Training School. The classroom is occupied by several male employees.
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[Betty Atchison Gives L. Boynton His Check]
Image of Betty Atchison giving L. Boynton his check. Atchison works in timekeeping and Boynton works in final assembly.
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[Betty Moore with Machinery]
Image of Betty Moore next to a machine. The woman is wearing a protective face mask and there is a sign on the machine that reads, "STEEL ONLY".
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[16 Year Old Teenagers]
Image of four male teenagers working together. Left to right is: Clois Duffee, Robert Lee Smith, Paul Fanning, and Robert Couch.
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[Oklahoma Bombardier Standing Beside "The Squaw"]
Image of Lieutenant Albert J. Mickish standing beside "The Squaw" that successfully covered 71 missions without a casuality.
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[Captain Royden I. Lebrecht with "The Squaw"]
Image of Captain Royden I. Lebrecht, pilot of the famous Liberator "The Squaw", pointing to ack-ack holes in the much traveled combat ship.
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[Aviation Crew and "The Squaw"]
Image of an aviation crew standing and sitting atop of the famous Liberator, "The Squaw", that successfully covered 71 missions without a causality.
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[Aviation Crew and "The Squaw"]
Image of three aviation crew members standing below the fuselage of the famous Liberator, "The Squaw". Above the men are the awards presented to the AAF men who successfully covered 71 missions without a causality. Left to right is: Sergeant Paul Davidson, Lieutenant Clinton H. Killian, and Sergeant Harmon.
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[Captain Royden I. Lebrecht with "The Squaw"]
Image of Captain Royden I. Lebrecht, pilot of the famous Liberator "The Squaw", standing next to the plane's insigna. Lebrecht commented, "She's a good old gal" as he winks at the camera.
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[Four Gunners Who Protected "The Squaw"]
Image of the four gunners who protected "The Squaw" on 35 of it's 71 missions. The gunners are looking out of the window of "The Squaw" with a large gun next to them. Left to right: Sergeant Weir, Sergeant Givens, Sergeant Rielly, and Sergeant Guana.
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["The Squaw"]
Image of a citation which is painted on the side of "The Squaw" fuselage. The citation reads, "CITATION, Liberator R, 'The Squaw'. For meritorious service in aerial combat against the enemy over a period of one year during which time 360,000 pounds of bombs were dropped on axis targets in Africa, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Crete, and Roumania. This B-24 has participated in 71 missions, including the low level attack on Ploesti, destroyed 6 enemy aircraft flown over 550 hours and the equivalent of four times around the World."
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[Major Joe M. Kilgore and "The Squaw"]
Image of Major Joe M. Kilgore standing next to the famous Liberator, "The Squaw". Kilgore is looking at the list of decorations won by the crew members of "The Squaw" during it's 71 missions in the Middle East.
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[Major Joe M. Kilgore with "The Squaw"]
Image of Major Joe M. Kilgore, pilot of the famous Liberator "The Squaw", standing next to the plane's insigna. Kilgore flew "The Squaw" on it's first 35 raids over the Axis held territory.
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[Red Cross War Fund Check]
Image of a $112,000.00 check given to the Red Cross War Fund by Convair and the Convair employees themselves.
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[Major Ralph P. Thompson During a Visit to Convair's Fort Worth Plant]
Image of a crowd of employees at Convair's Fort Worth plant. The crowd is giving their attention to Major Ralph P. Thompson as he stands next to the "Blue Streak"aircraft. Major Thompson was pilot of the famous B-24 Liberator.
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[Veteran Crewmen with the "Blue Streak" Aircraft]
Image of the veteran crewmen of the famed B-24 Liberator, "Blue Streak". The men are posing atop the nose of their famous bomber during its visit to Convair's Fort Worth Plant. Left to right is: Sergeant Willard Tressler; Major Ralph P. Thompson; Lieutenant Thomas W. McGrain; Sergeant Ivan Schwartz; Sergeant Alfred Runyan; Sergeant James E. Milne; Lieutenant Jose R. Felix, Jr.; Sergeant Richard E. Weizenegger; Sergeant Henry Magaram; Lieutenant Waino Hakkinen, and Sergeant Arthur Weil.
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[Four Gunners with the Blue Streak]
Image of four gunners who returned to the United States with the veteran B-24 Liberator, the "Blue Streak". Left to right is: Sergeant Runyan, Sergeant Magaram, Sergeant Weil, and Sergeant Milne.
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[Major Ralph P. Thompson Visits Convair's Fort Worth Plant]
Image of a large crowd of employees gathered around a speaker's platform during the "Blue Streak's" visit to Convair's plant in Fort Worth. On the platform C.A. Sharpel introduces Major Ralph P. Thompson, pilot of the "Blue Streak" aircraft which is positioned behind the speaker's platform.
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[Veteran Airmen and the "Blue Streak"]
Image of veteran airmen posing in front of the famous B-24 Liberator, the "Blue Streak", during it's visit to Convair's Fort Worth plant. Left to right is: Lieutenant Jose R. Felix, Jr.; Sergeant James E. Milne, Sergeant Willard Tressler, Sergeant Alfred J. Runyan, Major Ralph P. Thompson, Sergeant Richard E. Weizenegger, Sergeant Arthur Weil, Lieutenant Thomas W. McGrain, Sergeant Henry Magaram, Lieutenant Waino E. Hakkinen and Sergeant Ivan L. Schwartz.
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[Sign for the Viewing of "Consolidated's Fighting Planes]
Image of a crowd looking at a sign positioned in front of a movie theater in Fort Worth, Texas. The sign reads, "New! Exclusive! THE NATIONS FIRST SHOWING OF, 'Consolidated FIGHTING PLANES', Actual SCENES MADE IN FORT WORTH'S BOMBER PLANT."
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