World War II Collection - 77 Matching Results
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- [Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]
- A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"
- [Clipping: American Red Cross Receives Letters From Overseas Workers]
- Newspaper clipping of the article, "American Red Cross Receives Letters from Overseas Workers," and three photos of Cornelia Yerkes, Hope Mills-Price, and Florence Goldrick. The article briefly profiles each pictured woman and provides information on how to work with the Red Cross.
- [Clipping: Jax 'Wasp' Says Women Who Fly Need Stamina]
- Newspaper clipping of the article, "Jax 'Wasp' Says Women Who Fly Need Stamina" which profiles Cornelia Yerkes and includes a photo of Yerkes in uniform. the article discusses her training, certifications, and her experience ferrying planes.
- [Clipping: Newest Version of Mustang Fighter]
- Newspaper clipping of a photo of a P-51 Mustang fighter plane. The caption describes the features in the newest model of the plane.
- [Cornelia Yerkes aircraft rating certificate]
- Pilot rating for Cornelia Yerkes indicating that she was qualified on both single and multi-engined aircraft and seaplanes.
- [Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1947]
- A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.
- [Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1951]
- A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.
- [Cornelia Yerkes commercial pilot license]
- Commercial pilot's license for Cornelia Yerkes issued in 1945.
- [Cornelia Yerkes medical certificate]
- CAA medical certificate for Cornelia Yerkes signed by A. J. Herbolsheimer.
- [Letter from Charles C. Ziegler to Cornelia Yerkes Kafka, May 7, 1984]
- Letter from SMSgt Charles Ziegler to former WASP Cornelia Yerkes Kafka informing her that her DD 214 had been corrected.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 1, 1945?]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, most likely addressed to her parents, written on Hotel St. Francis (New Orleans) stationary as she rode a train to Washington D.C. discussing her ride, her time visiting home and that she left some things there, and her hope for a job with the Red Cross.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 5, 1944]
- Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing news about her uncle's health, her busy schedule, pursuit school, exercise, getting ready to fly the P-47, recent correspondence, future plans, and food. Typed on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 18, 1943?]
- Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing her trip from Jacksonville to Dallas. Written on Hotel Texas (Fort Worth) stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1945]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a backlog of mail, Christmas decorations on Guam, weather, problems with water and electricity, meeting someone from Jacksonville, changes in personnel on the island, and her typewriter. Written on American Red Cross stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1942]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing getting transportation without her car, being accepted into the Women's Flying Training Detachment, pay, and her schedule.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1943?]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, transferring bank accounts from Atlanta to Sweetwater, passing a check flight, staying in sickbay, news from home, a student pilot's poetry, practicing stalls, sending mail, and nurses.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1946]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her mother) discussing recent correspondence, a Christmas package, money, letters from friends, getting leave to come home, seeking a transfer to China, picking up food around Guam, and flying with bomber crews. Typed on American Red Cross stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 10, 1944]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, probably to one of her parents, discussing the recipient's birthday, trying to find a gift for them, and hoping for a chance to visit them in Jacksonville.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 15, 1944]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a P-40 from Buffalo to Columbia, SC, delays, returning to Dallas, and recent correspondence. Written on Eastern Air Lines stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1943]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her father, discussing a cross-country flight to finish basic flight training, schedules, advanced courses, the recipient's health, packages from home, a plane catching fire, and news about friends/family.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 4, 1944]
- 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.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 14, 1943]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being stuck in sick bay with a cold, medical issues among other student pilots, a visit from a Navy dive bomber pilot, and money. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 12, 1949]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing the purchase of a boat, getting some buttons from her WASP uniform, time with friends, and Miami.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 12, 1949]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing coming to Jacksonville, a dentist appointment, and recent correspondence. Written on Casa Bonita Hotel stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 11, 1944]
- Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling and ferrying aircraft. Written on Hotel Lenox (Buffalo) stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 17, 1943]
- Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent letters, ferrying a plane and her return trip, Christmas gifts, running into someone from home, uniforms, and weather. Typed on American Airlines stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 1945]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her father's passing.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, January 1-4, 1946]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her father Fred's passing.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 2, 1942]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a recent letter, lecturer selection in her flight class, living arrangements, information about the Women's Flying Training Detachment from Jackie Cochran, hanging out with a man from her hometown, mail, and how much she has enjoyed flight classes.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 5, 1943]
- 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.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, October 12, 1947]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a recent road trip. Written on Hotel Annapolis (Washington DC) stationary. Envelope is included.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 12, 1944]
- Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recently visiting them, traveling to Dallas via Atlanta, flying, and news about friends and family. Written on Eastern Airlines stationary.
- [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, January 2, 1944]
- Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing the weather, food, trying to travel with friends, bonds and finance, recent correspondence about her brother Francis, requirements for becoming a WASP and reflections on what it is like to be one, flying the UC-78, and her friend Marion.
- [Letter from Dale G. Johnson to Cornelia Yerkes, April 4, 1984]
- Letter from Lt. Col. Dale Johnson to former WASP Cornelia Yerkes Kafka awarding her the World War II Victory Medal, with the text of a 1977 Congressional law expanding eligibility for campaign awards.
- [Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes, February 6, 1945]
- Letter from WASP leader Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes (courtesy of her father Fred) introducing a certificate recognizing her service as a WASP.
- [Letter from James D. Palmer to Cornelia Yerkes, May 31, 1944]
- Letter from James Palmer to Cornelia Yerkes discussing a recent note from her and her time flying as a WASP.
- [Letter from Marion to Frances Yerkes, February 2, 1945]
- Letter from Cornelia Yerkes' friend Marion to Frances Yerkes.
- [Letter from Milton R. McFarland to Cornelia Yerkes Kafka, July 30, 1979]
- Letter from Maj. Milton R. McFarland of the USAF Directorate of Personnel Data Systems to former WASP Cornelia Yerkes Kafka introducing forms for her discharge from the US Air Force and discussing entitlement to veteran benefits.
- [Letter of Appointment for Cornelia Yerkes, June 24, 1949]
- Letter appointing 1st Lt. Cornelia Yerkes Kafka to the US Air Force Reserve.
- Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004
- Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cross-country to San Francisco after the Pearl Harbor attack. He eventually joined the USS Enterprise in April 1942 and saw the B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid take off. He was part of Bombing Squadron Six and trained under Commander Best to learn how to do scouting flights, navigation, and dive bombing. He then describes his participation in the Battle of Midway, the hours before take-off, his first view of the Japanese fleet, and his bombing mission. He was later assigned to the USS Hornet and had to fly off to a little island so that planes from the USS Wasp could land on the Hornet after their ship had been torpedoed. He contracted malaria while he was on the island. He transferred to the USS Northhampton, then back to the United States to train pilots in dive-bombing at Jacksonville, Florida. He then received post-graduate training in aeronautical engineering at Annapolis and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in order to research and develop aircraft logistics.
- [Postcard Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, July 18, 1943~]
- Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her arrival in Orlando for a training course. The postcard features an image of clouds through a window surrounded by curtains.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 8, 1946]
- Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing friends in New York City. The postcard features a color reproduction of the "Festival of St. Roche" by E. Debat-Ponsan as it appeared in the Tudor Hotel.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 15, 1946]
- Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent news about friends and family. The postcard features "Festival of St. Roche" by E. Debat-Ponsan as it appears at the Tudor Hotel in New York.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 21, 1944]
- Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother. The postcard is from the Medici Society's Herb Garden Series and features a drawing of woad and hyssop with a blurb about their qualities.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 21, 1946]
- Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a visit with Bobby Willis' family in New York City, and news of Bobby giving birth. Postcard features a color image of the Hotel Tudor in NYC.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 21, 1946]
- Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her time in New York City. The card features a color painting of the Tudor Hotel.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 24, 1946]
- Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her time in New York City and recent correspondence. The card features a color reproduction of the "Festival of St. Roche" by E. Debat-Ponsan as it appeared in the Tudor Hotel.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1944]
- Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying the P-40. The postcard features a photo of "Flying Tiger" Brig. Gen. Chennault's aircraft.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 13, 1944]
- Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying a P-51. The card features a photo of an early P-51 in flight.
- [Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 1, 1944]
- Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recent work. The postcard features an image of a Douglas A-20 practicing skip bombing.