“OVERCOATS” FOR AEROPLANES.—EngIish girls are at work somewhere in the Midlands in a factory given over to the making of camouflage aeroplane, covers. These are of very strong material similar to that used in the construction of aeroplane wings. The covers act as a protection against all weathers, and envelop,the nose, engine, cockpit, and fuselage of the machines. The girls were, before the war, employed in a well-known car factory but they have since been detailed to this important R.A.F. work.
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Evening Star, Issue 23553, 17 April 1940, Page 10
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81“OVERCOATS” FOR AEROPLANES.—EngIish girls are at work somewhere in the Midlands in a factory given over to the making of camouflage aeroplane, covers. These are of very strong material similar to that used in the construction of aeroplane wings. The covers act as a protection against all weathers, and envelop,the nose, engine, cockpit, and fuselage of the machines. The girls were, before the war, employed in a well-known car factory but they have since been detailed to this important R.A.F. work. Evening Star, Issue 23553, 17 April 1940, Page 10
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