Women at Work - WW2

[Pong]

Here are some very interesting photos I got off a website (Shorpy) showing how women played a vital role in the assembly of aircraft and other war material during the Second World War.















I think that's enough. Enjoy.



-Arlo

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool Arlo, thanks for posting!

Say, now that you have survived the monsoons and flooding, you don't live near the active volcano do you?

[Pong]

Thankfully, no. I'm trapped in the city, trapped in the filth of Manila. Though I hope the people in the provinces are O.K.

-Arlo

[vikingBerserker]

GOOD!

[JP Vieira]

Very interesting photos: Thanks

[Wayne Little]

Great pics!

[Airframes]

Thanks Arlo. Obviously specially posed compositions, but what beautiful quality. Can't beat good old Kodachrome - although they could be Ektachrome 4x5 inch plates.

[wheelsup_cavu]

Thanks Pong.


Wheels

[v2]

a few B/W pics...

[mudpuppy]

Cool pics, V2. I especially like the one of the B-26 (?) nose sections being polished.
Derek

[ccheese]

During WW-II my Mother worked for The Bethlehem Shipyard, at Sparrow's Point, Md. She was a burner/welder
and worked mostly on new construction. I don't recall her mentioning anything bigger than a destroyer, but I
know she worked her butt off. A lot of the workers in her crew were females.

Wonder where that last photo was taken. The gal on the extreme left looks like my Mom !!

Charles

[vikingBerserker]

Now that would be cool!

[pbfoot]

My mom worked in a town built for the war called Ajax all the streets in the town are named for the crew of HMS Ajax from the Battle of the River Plate . She was making 25lb cannon shells

[wheelsup_cavu]

That would be extremely cool Charles.


Wheels

[Pong]

Very interesting photos v2, thanks.