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Apart and Back Together

January 27, 2013

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At the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, WAVES learned how to take airplanes apart as well as put them back together again. As the caption says, it “makes these girls an important part of Naval Aviation.”

The 1943 photograph comes from the National Archives.

 

Inspection!

January 26, 2013

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WAVES in their barracks await inspection at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. The photograph comes from the National Archives.

The Classroom

January 25, 2013

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WAVES receive instruction in Aviation Machinist’s Mates’ class at Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. The photograph comes from the National Archives.

Repair Shop

January 24, 2013

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WAVES work on a plane in the assembly and repair shop at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. They are: Lucille Henderson, Darline Wagner, Phoebe Swan, Ruth Potter and Juanita Hess.

The photograph comes from the National Archives.

Plane Workers

January 23, 2013

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In this photograph from 1943, WAVES work on a plane at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Normal, Oklahoma. It comes from the National Archives.

Machinist’s Mate

January 22, 2013

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WAVE Eileen Dempsey in in training as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate at Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, 1943.  The photograph comes from the National Archives.

Checking Specifications

January 21, 2013

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In this photograph from the National Archives, WAVES work on hinge fitting plate check specifications. They’re in training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, 1943.

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