Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Aircraft Construction / FHS1th

Image ID: FHS1
Image Date: [January 1940]
Image Title: [Wood scaffolding replaces steel work frames in aircraft construction.]
Image Caption: Giving the Army Its Wings -- up out of its "cradle," the construction jib, goes a fuselage of one of the army's new Boeing B-17B Flying Fortresses, hoisted by an overhead crane which will take it to the final assembly floor.
Photographer: Boeing Airplane Co.
Use Restrictions: Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image.
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