Bell bomber workers
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| Type: | Black-and-white photographs |
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| Title: | Bell bomber workers |
| Date: | 1943-1945 |
| Description: | Photograph of workers at the Bell Bomber plant in Marietta, Georgia assembling the fuselage section of a Boeing-designed B-29 during World War II. The workers sit on and around the cage that forms the structure of the fuselage. After assembly lines began functioning in the spring of 1943, Bell employees supplied the U.S. Army Air Forces with 663 Boeing-designed B-29s, the first of which were delivered before the end of the year. |
| Subjects: | Airplane factories--Georgia--Marietta | Aircraft industry--Georgia--Marietta | Factories--Georgia--Marietta | Aircraft industry--Employees | Women--Georgia--Marietta | Men--Georgia--Marietta | Women employees--Georgia--Marietta | Airplanes--Georgia--Marietta | Bombers--Georgia--Marietta | Airplanes--Fuselage | World War, 1939-1945 | Marietta (Ga.) | Cobb County (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | New Georgia Encyclopedia | Kennesaw State University |
| Original Material: | Bell Aircraft Collection, Center for Regional History and Culture, Kennesaw State University |
| Rights and Usage: | Bell Aircraft Collection, Center for Regional History and Culture, Kennesaw State University |
| Related Materials: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1014 | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3507 | Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-2310 |
| Related Institutions: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) |
| Collection Information: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |