Welding in Australia during World War II 1939-1945edit
A young woman arc welding part of an anti-tank gun in a munitions factory in South Australia in 1943. Photographer: Smith, D. Darian
Welding in Britain during World War I (1914-1918)edit
A female acetylene welder at work in an aircraft factory in the Midlands, September 1918.
Female Welders in Britain during World War II 1939-1945edit
Women's Royal Naval Service- Wrens work on Assault Landing Craft, UK, 1944 A Ship Mechanic of the WRNS helps a Royal Navy Petty Officer Blacksmith to weld a new link of chain for a landing craft at a forge, somewhere in BritainApprentice welder Mary Cunningham just finished training at Greenock in June 1942, going to work on her first warshipMembers of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) practice welding at a Government Training Centre as part of their training to become Ship Mechanics in 1943. Sparks fly as women of the WRNS learn to use oxy-acetylene burners in the welding shop of a Government Training Centre (probably Slough), as part of their training to become Ship Mechanics (LC). Supervised by their instructor, they are learning to control the angle of the burner and correct the angle of the wire as they build up T-section pieces.A young woman welder at Tyneside Shipyards, 1943Shipbuilding in Wartime: Informal portrait of a female welder in a shipyard in Glasgow, 1944Female welders at work on a merchant ship at Greenock (1939-1945)A woman welder building a prefabricated ship at the Henry Scarr shipyard at Hessle near Hull (1939-1945 )Mrs Agnes Smith, a fifty year old mother of ten, was a forewoman of a Greenock shipbuilding yard. She had 45 women to look after and was experienced in most of their jobs herself. During the First World War she worked in an engineering shop on Clydeside for two years (1939-1945)A group of welders, both male and female, watch as one of their colleagues works on a metal plate, Tyneside Shipyards, 1943A group of welders, both male and female, watch as one of their colleagues works on a metal plate, Tyneside Shipyards, 1943Female welders and "burners" leaving for their break. These women worked on building Britain's prefabricated ships at the shipyard of Henry Scarr Ltd at Hessle near Hull (1939-1945)A woman welding the two parts of a prefabricated ship at the shipyard of Henry Scarr Ltd, Hessle near Hull (1939-1945)
Shipyards: Female Welders in the USA during World War II 1939-1945edit
Spot welding parts for the nacelle of an aircraft engine. These women work in the largest one-story building in the works, the giant bomber plant at the Ford plant in Willow Run, Michigan., Willow Run, July 1942
Honorary keel layers, USS CROWLEY (DE 303), Alyce R. Sawyers and Juanito Doyvolt. US Navy Yard, Mare Island, CaliforniaGladys Theus, one of the fastest and most efficient welders at the Kaiser Company Permanente Metals CorporationLine up of some of women welders including the women's welding champion of Ingalls. Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1943We Can Do It - Women riveter at the Boeing plant in Seattle work at assembly and fitting operations in the fuselage of a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber, 1942. Photo by Andreas Feininger.A "Wendy Welder" (see Rosie the Riveter) at the Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, USA. This worker pushes back her helmet during a moment's pause from her welding job at the Richmond shipyard in California. February 1943Eastine Cowner was a scaler to construct the Liberty ship SS George Washington CarverFemale welder for the Saint Johns River Shipbuilding Company in Jacksonville, Florida, ca. 1943Anna Bland, a burner, is shown at work on the SS George Washington CarverFemale arc welder, Wagner Electric Company, St Louis, Missouri (1942-1945)California shipyard workers en route to the shipyards across the bay, tin-hatted San Francisco war workers have time for relaxation and discussion on the forty-five minute ferry ride to the Richmond Shipbuilding Company yards (Photo by Ann Rosener)California shipyard workers after eight hours of work in a Richmond, California shipyard on the ferry trip back to San Francisco (Photo by Ann Rosener)
Aviation: Female Welders in the USA during World War II 1939-1945edit
Women are welders discuss the production of motor mounts and welded parts in a welding booth at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Inc. The plant produced B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bombers and P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes.A woman welder at the Inglewood, Calif. plant of North American Aviation works on a sub-assembly for one of the huge tanks that go into B-25 bombersBell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Woman welder who has been welding the ejection chutes of fifty callibre machine guns (Photo by Marjory Collins)
Various Sectors: Female Welders in the USA during World War II 1939-1945edit
Factory workers in Washington State, 1945Welders Alivia Scott, Hattie Carpenter and Flossie Burtos await an opportunity to weld their first piece of steel on the SS George Washington CarverPeggy Bridgeman at the left demonstrates to Ruth Harris the correct technique while their instructor, Lee Fiscus, looks on attentively, in the Gary plant of the Tubular Alloy Steel Corporation, United States Steel Corporation subsidiary. Peggy is acclaimed by her superiors to be one of the most skilled welders they have had working with them.
Female Welders and Riveters in the USA during World War II 1939-1945edit
Enola O'Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child, ex-housewife, at that time the only woman welder at Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (see also File 34978)A riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribsA woman who was already working in an aircraft factory attending the Burgard Vocational School at night in Buffalo, New York, to learn heavier welding, here shown while brazing an automobile casting, April 1943
Subic Bay, Philippines (21 October 2009) Hull Technician Fireman Adrine M. Thomas assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), uses a Shielded-Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) technique to bond a brace for a handrail during the Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2009. PHIBLEX is designed to improve interoperability, increase readiness and develop professional relationships between the U.S. military and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl/Released)Waters near Guam (27 May 2015) Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Mararita Melgoza, from Los Fresnos, Texas, uses a plasma cutter to cut a door in the ship fitter shop of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility with the intention to support security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington was scheduled to conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) later in 2015 after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Riggs)
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