page_title: Douglas Aircraft Company
section_title: World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Douglas Aircraft Company / History / World War II
caption_attribution_description: English: Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Deutsch: Zwei Monteurinnen im Oktober 1942 bei der Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten, die vordere Frau mit „Victory Rolls“. Español: Mujeres trabajando en un bombardero de la Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, octubre de 1942.
context_page_description: The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer based in Southern California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas, when it then operated as a division of McDonnell Douglas. McDonnell Douglas later merged with Boeing in 1997.
context_section_description: During World War II, Douglas joined the BVD (Boeing-Vega-Douglas) consortium to produce the B-17 Flying Fortress. After the war, Douglas built another Boeing design under license, the B-47 Stratojet turbojet-powered bomber, using a government-owned factory in Marietta, Georgia.
  World War II was a major boost for Douglas. Douglas ranked fifth among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. The company produced almost 30,000 aircraft from 1942 to 1945, and its workforce swelled to 160,000. The company produced a number of aircraft including the C-47 Skytrain, the DB-7 (known as the A-20, Havoc or Boston), the SBD Dauntless dive bomber, and the A-26 Invader.
caption: Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California in October 1942
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