A section of the belly tank production at this factory. Belly tanks which are used to increase ...

Accession Number 014707
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
Place made Australia: New South Wales
Date made 27 May 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A section of the belly tank production at this factory. Belly tanks which are used to increase the range of US and RAAF fighter planes, are being manufactured at the rate of dozens a week at a motor-car factory. Women are almost exclusively engaged on the welding of these tanks.