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40 PBYs on Lake Worth

Description: Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, … more
Date: November 30, 1940
Location: 32.812158 -97.451343
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Bill Nelms, basketball player

Description: Photograph of Bill Nelms playing basketball in a gymnasium in 1942.
Date: 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Football Players

Description: Three football players standing together as one holds the championship ball from 1942. The men are Jamie Pratt, C.S Taylor, and Bobbie Moore.
Date: 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Girls Basketball Team, 1942

Description: Photograph of the girls basketball team photo from 1942. Eleven young women pose in their uniforms of white shirts, shoes, and shorts. The one in the front and center holds a basketball.
Date: 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Ida Jean Smith playing basketball

Description: Photograph of Ida Jean Smith posing with a basketball in a gymnasium in 1942.
Date: 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Men Working on an Airplane Wing]

Description: Employees working on a B-24 airplane wing near the engine.
Date: April 8, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[B-24 heading for initial flight]

Description: Photograph of a B-24 rolling from the hangar heading for its initial flight on April 17, 1942. A crowd stands to the right to watch.
Date: April 17, 1942
Location: 32.779200 -97.449546
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[First Flight of B-24]

Description: Photograph of the first flight of a B-24 on April 17, 1942. George Newman is flying the plane.
Date: April 17, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[George Newman in B-24]

Description: Photograph of George Newman in a B-24 after its first flight on April 17, 1942. The propellers are turning and the plane is in a hangar. .
Date: April 17, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Girdler talking into a microphone]

Description: Photograph of Mr. Girdler (with mic) and Mr. Halifax talking to Mr. Newman who is in the air on the initial flight of a B-24 in April 17, 1942.
Date: April 17, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Crew Making Installations]

Description: Photograph of a man and woman cutting a piece of metal to be installed on an airplane, possibly the one behind them. Taken in April 1942.
Date: April 24, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Interior of Fuselage]

Description: Photograph of interior of the fuselage, looking forward, in April 1942.
Date: April 24, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Man using a Drill Press]

Description: Photograph of a man using a drill press in the machine shop in April 1942.
Date: April 24, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Mr. Newman and Mr. Fleet in front of B-24 wheel]

Description: Photograph of Mr. Newman, Mr. Fleet, and unknown man standing in front of a B-24 wheel in April 1942. The men are dressed in suits.
Date: April 24, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Riveting Crew in the Nose of a B-24]

Description: Photograph of a male and female working together in the nose of a B-24, riveting it together on April 24, 1942.
Date: April 24, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[B-24, left side]

Description: Photograph of a B-24 from the left side, showing the wing with two propellers in April 1942.
Date: April 28, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[B-24 with men on top]

Description: Photograph of a B-24 from the side with two workmen standing on the fuselage in April 1942. One of the large propellers is visible.
Date: April 28, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Helen Hayes and George Newman Observing Wing Tip

Description: A man in a dark suit with a white collar and necktie gestures towards a wrapped airplane wing tip behind a woman dressed in a pinstripe suit with tights, heels, a hat and corsage. A purse hangs from her arm. On the ceiling are fluorescent lights.
Date: April 29, 1942
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
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