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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1943?]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, money, flying, and a "ground loop." Typed on Hotel Lassen (Wichita) stationary.
Date: 1943-10-03?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, late 1943?]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying in bad weather, and spending time in Oklahoma City and Wichita. Written on Wells Roberts Hotel stationary.
Date: 1943-24~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 31, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Wichita, being grounded by a snowstorm, picking up Cessnas for delivery, trying to find a Parker 51 pen, food, and recent correspondence. Written on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date: December 31, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 28, 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing some pictures, the Boeing factory in Wichita, and flying to California. Written on Hutson Hotels stationary.
Date: 1943-09-28?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 26, 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing staying in Wichita and exploring the town, stories from a farmer, flying, seeing "Casablanca", and sights in a residential neighborhood. Written on Hotel Lassen stationary.
Date: 1943-09-26~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her father) discussing being grounded due to weather, a letter from the recipient and bonds, cigarettes, mail, finances, flying a new plane out of Long Beach, Army regulations, and her friends Bobby and Marion. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date: January 26, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 8, 1944]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Hutson Hotels stationary, discussing flying a Cessna to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, her current layover in Amarillo and pending trip back to Wichita. In postcript, she asks the recipient to send a friend a fruit box.
Date: January 8, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe stationary, discussing her trip to Wichita, visits with people in Dallas and Atlanta, traveling to Richmond, and her anxiety about having to fly over New York City.
Date: 1943-12-20?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 14, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being grounded in Camden, AK, repairing her boots, letters, a man from Palm Springs, and her friend Marion. Typed on Hotel Lassen (Wichita) stationary.
Date: October 14, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 27, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing mail, orders to ferry a UC-78, selling her car, bonds and rations, and Christmas greetings and celebrations. Typed on Santa Rita Hotel stationary.
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft and trouble with weather, flying between Dallas, Wichita, Pampa, and Walnut Ridge, her friends, and food. Written on Hotel Chisca (Memphis) starionary.
Date: January 20, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Telegram from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, September 25, 1943]

Description: Telegram sent by WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing picking up aircraft from the Stearman factory, missing a dance, hoping to ferry more advanced aircraft, and news from Jackie Cochran.
Date: September 25, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 14, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being unable to deliver a plane due to bad winter weather, her friend Marion, new uniforms, and gifts from and letters to Dick Colby's mother. Typed on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date: January 14, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing problems with bad weather and flying, seeing a friend, recent correspondence, and where she had recently flown. Written on United Air Lines stationary.
Date: March 22, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1943]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a check ride, learning to fly the UC-78, dinner at the Wichita stockyards, and ferrying aircraft to Pampa, TX. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date: October 29, 1943, 3:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 28, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a busy night, and picking up an AT-17 in Wichita and delivering it to Pampa, TX. Written on Air Corps Ferrying Command stationary.
Date: October 28, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 4, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, wearing Army Air Corps insignia, the North American A-36, ferrying an aircraft, and other recent work. Written on Washington Yankee (Shreveport, LA) stationary.
Date: March 4, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her repaired typewriter, sleeping on a flight, delaying a ferrying flight because a ground crew member stepped through the wing, friends, the B-24, and a AT-6 check flight. Typed on Wells Roberts Hotel (Oklahoma City) stationary.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 3, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent orders for ferrying aircraft, different types of aircraft, and not being able to get a check ride. Typed on Kemp Hotel (Wichita) stationary.
Date: March 3, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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