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[43-W-4 Trainees in Formation]

Photograph of trainees with WASP class 43-W-4 standing in formation at Avenger Field. Behind them are two AT-6 trainers. A guide-on bearer carries a flag with a "B" on it.

Date: Summer 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4

Letter with envelope announcing the graduation of 318th FTD Class 43-W-4 at Avenger Field, the members of which became Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Date: [..1943-08-07]

Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. 318th Flying Training Detachment

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[American Airlines Thanksgiving Menu, 1943]

An in-flight menu from American Airlines for Thanksgiving, 1943. The cover features a drawing of various military aircraft flying over a pastoral scene with the words "For This We are Thankful."

Date: 1943-11-25~

Creator: American Airlines

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943

First issue of The Avenger, a newsletter by the WASPs at Avenger Field featuring news, cartoons, essays, and photos.

Date: May 11, 1943

Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes]

Photograph of four WASPs near an aircraft wing, all wearing flight suits. From left to right: Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes.

Date: Summer 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Bobby Wilson and WASP with Vultee BT-13]

Photograph of WASP Bobby Wilson (left) and another WASP standing on the starboard side of a Vultee BT-13 in their service uniforms.

Date: [1943..1944]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

BT-13A Cockpit Procedure

Cockpit procedure for starting, taxiing, taking off, climbing, cruising, landing, and parking a Vultee BT-13A trainer aircraft.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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!"

Date: June 17, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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.

Date: July 11, 1945

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Army Drops Training of Women Fliers]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Army Drops Training of Women Fliers" discussing the ending of the Women's Air Service Pilot training program.

Date: 1944-06-27?

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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.

Date: February 22, 1945

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Little Girls, Big Ships, Women: Here Come the WAFS]

Newspaper clipping of two articles, "Women: Here Come the WAFS" and "Little Girls, Big Ships," which discuss women pilots' training and the second WAFS graduation. There is a photo of the WAFS graduates at Sweetwater, Texas which shows several women in uniform.

Date: June 7, 1943

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Major McConnel Asks Sweetwater People to Share 'Great Adventure']

Newspaper clippings of the article, "Major McConnel Asks Sweetwater People to Share 'Great Adventure'" which discusses the women's pilot training at Avenger's Field and urges the town residents to welcome the women trainees into the social and civic activities of Sweetwater.

Date: April 30, 1943

Creator: Chamberlain, L. F.

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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.

Date: April 29, 1944

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Our Women Pilots]

Magazine clipping of the article, "Our Women Pilots" discussing the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squad. There are four photos of the women pilots including one of Nancy Harkness Love in front of an aircraft, Betty Giles walking towards a plane, and Evelyn Sharp leaning out of a cockpit window in a C-47.

Date: September 1943

Creator: Knight, Charlotte

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Peruvian Army Pilots Taught WASP Trick How to Fly]

Newspaper clipping of the article "Peruvian Army Pilots Taught WASP Trick How to Fly" which profiles Marion Carlstrom Trick and her involvement in the Women Air Force Service Pilots.

Date: 1944?

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Return of a WASP]

Newspaper clippings of the article, "The Return of a WASP" which discusses the homecoming of Twila Edwards after her time as a Women Airforce Service Pilot. She shares the difficulties she has looking for civilian pilot positions and the challenges she's faced due to WASPs not being a military service. The article includes several photos of Twila Edwards.

Date: April 15, 1945

Creator: Boulkind, Mae & Ruohomaa, Kosti

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: To "One of Sweetwater's Own"]

Newspaper clipping of a photo and caption titled "One of Sweetwater's Own" depicting a class of women pilots standing on an air strip in formation during the graduation ceremony.

Date: June 4, 1943

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Commendation Letter from William H. Turner to Commanding General, Ferrying Division, ATC, 16 October, 1944]

Letter from Brig. Gen. William H. Turner (USAAC) to the commander of Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, commending the service of women pilots in the WAFS and WASP, forwarded to the 555th Army Air Force Base Unit at Love Field.

Date: October 16, 1944

Creator: Turner, William H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cornelia Yerkes]

Photograph of Cornelia Yerkes, wearing her WASP wings.

Date: 1945~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cornelia Yerkes]

Photograph of WASP Cornelia Yerkes Colby in her service uniform.

Date: March 31, 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cornelia Yerkes aircraft rating certificate]

Pilot rating for Cornelia Yerkes indicating that she was qualified on both single and multi-engined aircraft and seaplanes.

Date: February 6, 1945

Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cornelia Yerkes and Three WASPs with Vultee BT-13]

Photograph of (from left to right) Cornelia Yerkes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich and Bobby Willis standing in front of a Vultee BT-13.

Date: Summer 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1947]

A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.

Date: January 29, 1947

Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[43-W-4 Trainees in Formation]

The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4

[American Airlines Thanksgiving Menu, 1943]

The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943

[Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes]

[Bobby Wilson and WASP with Vultee BT-13]

BT-13A Cockpit Procedure

[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]

[Clipping: American Red Cross Receives Letters From Overseas Workers]

[Clipping: Army Drops Training of Women Fliers]

[Clipping: Jax 'Wasp' Says Women Who Fly Need Stamina]

[Clipping: Little Girls, Big Ships, Women: Here Come the WAFS]

[Clipping: Major McConnel Asks Sweetwater People to Share 'Great Adventure']

[Clipping: Newest Version of Mustang Fighter]

[Clipping: Our Women Pilots]

[Clipping: Peruvian Army Pilots Taught WASP Trick How to Fly]

[Clipping: Return of a WASP]

[Clipping: To "One of Sweetwater's Own"]

[Commendation Letter from William H. Turner to Commanding General, Ferrying Division, ATC, 16 October, 1944]

[Cornelia Yerkes]

[Cornelia Yerkes]

[Cornelia Yerkes aircraft rating certificate]

[Cornelia Yerkes and Three WASPs with Vultee BT-13]

[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1947]