World War 2

There were two Huge Wartime Missions for Northwest Airlines: Build, staff and operate a Bomber Modification Center in St. Paul for the U.S. Army, and for the Air Transport Command, start and operate a new airline called Northwest Airlines Northern Region

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Last B-24 to come off the line at the Bomber Modification Center at Holman Field in St. Paul, 1945. Photo: Harry Chin

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Freezing, windswept Shemya Island in Northwest Airlines’ Northern Region, 1940s.  Photo: Phyllis Curry

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