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[Clipping: Ferry Pilots Graduate]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a photo titled "Ferry Pilots Graduate" showing several women wearing uniforms walking across a field. The photo's caption is titled "Women Extend Activities to the Air" and lists the date, May 27, and location of the graduation.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Saved From Official Fate]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Saved From Official Fate," which discusses how General Henry H. Arnold advocated for the continued existence of WASPs within the armed forces, the ways in which WASPs outperformed male pilots, and profiles several pilots including Hazel Ying Lee, Jacqueline Cochran, and Paula Loop.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Unnecessary and Undesirable?]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article titled, "Unnecessary and Undesirable?" and photo of Jacqueline Cochran addressing a group of WASPs in front of a plane. The article discusses the arguments for an against the continued existence of WASPs being weighed by the United States Congress.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, Spring 1943]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving some skin oil from a friend, a disastrous check ride, a trip to Abilene, and fellow flight students getting lost. Typed on an old physics test from primary flight training, on which Yerkes scored a 100.
Date: {1943-04-06,1943-22~}
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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