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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- PEOPLE-TOPICS -- WOMEN & THE U.S. NAVY

World War II era WAVES --
Occupations -- Aviation Machinists' Mates


This page features views of World War II WAVES working as Aviation Machinist's Mates.

For additional pictures of World War II era WAVES working as Aviation Machinist's Mates, see:

  • Occupations -- Aviation Machinists' Mates (Part II).

    For more images of World War II era WAVES in aviation-related jobs, see:

  • Occupations -- Aviation-related.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-K-15003 (Color)

    Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Whiting Field, Pensacola, Florida

    WAVES aircraft mechanics working on a North American SNJ training plane, circa 1943-45.
    Note their dungaree uniforms, and the plane's Pratt & Whitney R-1340 "Wasp" radial engine.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 535 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-88213

    Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida


    WAVES Aviation Machinist's Mates (AMM) working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine, circa 24 July 1943.
    They are (from left to right) Seaman 1st Class (AMM) Inez Waits, Seaman 1st Class (AMM) Lucille H. Henderson, Seaman 1st Class (AMM) Mary Anne Gasser, AMM 3rd Class Helen Adams, and Seaman 1st Class (AMM) Leona Curry.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-43591

    Aviation Machinist's Mates Bernice Sanbury
    (left) and
    Mary Arnold

    Removing an access panel behind the engine of a SNJ training plane, at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, November 1943.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-43590

    Aviation Machinist's Mate Mary Arnold, USNR(W)


    Jumps down from atop the fuselage, while working on a SNJ training plane at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, 4 November 1943.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-43424

    WAVE Aviation Machinist's Mates


    Work on the Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine of a SNJ-4 training plane, at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida.
    They are AMM 3rd Class Bernice Snasburg and AMM 3rd Class Violet Falkum, both graduates of the Navy's Technical Training Center at Norman, Oklahoma.
    Date is probably on or about 30 November 1943.
    Note markings on the plane's propeller.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 88KB; 630 x 675 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-43935

    Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Violet Falkum


    Turns over the Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine of a SNJ-4 training plane, at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, 30 November 1943.
    This photograph was used in a World War II recruiting poster.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 83KB; 620 x 675 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-5663 (Color)

    Naval Air Station, Oakland, California

    WAVES aircraft mechanics working on the port outboard engine (a Pratt & Whitney R-2000) of a Naval Air Transport Service R5D, circa mid-1945.
    They are (left to right): Seaman 1st Class Gene Reinhold, Seaman 1st Class Lorraine Taylor and Seaman 1st Class Mary Harrison.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-6095 (Color)

    Naval Air Station, Oakland, California

    Seaman 1st Class Lorrain Taylor (right) and Seaman 1st Class Martha Harrison working on the # 1 engine (a Pratt & Whitney R-2000) of a Naval Air Transport Service R5D, circa mid-1945.
    Both WAVES are assigned to Naval Air Transport Squadron Four.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 64KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-5659 (Color)

    Naval Air Station, Oakland, California

    Seaman 1st Class Billy Ikard (left) and Seaman 1st Class Barbara A. Patterson move a battery cart into position next to a Naval Air Transport Service R5D-1 (Bureau # 39170), circa mid-1945.
    Both WAVES are assigned to Naval Air Transport Squadron Four.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 105KB; 595 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For additional pictures of World War II era WAVES working as Aviation Machinist's Mates, see:

  • Occupations -- Aviation Machinists' Mates (Part II).

    For more images of World War II era WAVES in aviation-related jobs, see:

  • Occupations -- Aviation-related.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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