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Bomber Mechanics At New Airstrip

In a Hurry to complete their 500-man mess hall, volunteer workmen from a group of bomber mechanics man shovels and wheelbarrows around this concrete mixer near a new American airstrip. Working under the direction of aviation engineers, mechanics from the rank of private to master sergeant rolled up their sleeves or shed their shirts to help complete the building. Until the structure was complete, the mechanics were obliged to eat in tents or in the open. Man approaching the mixer at extreme right is master sergeant crew chief of a bomber.