Been to some war materiel sites in Alabama with a friend from there avidly interested in its history.
Been to a Naval Ordinance Production site near Talladega where they produced Naval Ship Ordinance during WWII....
Big, big, bid damned shells. Tons each seems like. Women worked that plant.
Heavy, heavy concrete bunkers, copper lined (no sparks), segmented assembly, heavy work. They did okay.
We have an elderly lady friend who was a bomber pilot in WWII.
I think she said she flew B-17's.
Female pilots delivered the bombers from the US to England via hops to Newfoundland and Iceland.
No navigators - they flew in formation following the leader who was an experienced pilot with a navigator aboard.