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[T-6 Texan U281]

Damaged photograph of a T-6 Texan with the number U281.

Date: 1944~

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

40 airplanes on Lake Worth to Escape Gulf Storm

Aerial photograph of forty aiplanes floating on Lake Worth, possibly PBYs. In the bottom part of the photograph is land with roads and buildings. There are small islands in the lake.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.817362 -97.434282

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, … more

Date: November 30, 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.812158 -97.451343

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[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

[44-W4 Time Schedule]

Memo from Group Commander E. A. Parker to Flight Commanders discussing the schedule for the 44-W4 class of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: March 7, 1944

Creator: Parker, E. A.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

48 Ship [Airplane] Formation Over Randolph Field, Texas

Photograph of 48 airplanes flying in a ship formation over Randolph Field Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

Date: June 8, 1934

Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

[1894 Aviation Engineer Battalion Plane in a Field]

Photograph of a military airplane from the 1894 Aviation Engineer Battalion parked on a runway in a field behind a temporary hanger made from wood. In the foreground are two tents and field of tall grass.

Date: 194X

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

1996 Holiday Gift Catalog

Holiday catalog for the International Women's Air and Space Museum featuring books and gifts related to women in aviation. The front cover includes the design of a limited-edition ornament commemorating the WASP. Information on the WASP and the ornament can be found on pages 2 and 3.

Date: 1996

Creator: International Women's Air and Space Museum

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

3500-Horsepower Pratt and Whitney Engines on B-36

Photograph of (left to right) Sgt. L. R. Ankrum, Sgt. C. E. Cooey, Sgt. G. L. Speck, and R. F. Purkey standing beside a Pratt and Whitney engine for a B-36. They are inside a warehouse or hangar that has two rows of engines.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.774992 -97.449530

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[463rd Flight Simulator Building - Dyess]

Photograph of the exterior of the 463rd Flight Simulator building at Dyess Air Force base and a few vehicles are seen in the parking lot.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McMurry University Library

[5th Ferrying Group Air Transport Command- WASP Roster]

A typed roster listing the names of WASP and the planes each woman is to fly at Love Field, Dallas.

Date: 1944

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[E-6B Computer Instructions #1]

Instructions for finding time, speed, and distance with an E-6B computer. There is a practice exercise at the bottom of the page with 20 practice questions.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[E-6B Computer Instructions #2]

Instructions for calculating fuel consumption with an E-6B computer. There is a practice exercise at the bottom of the page with 20 practice questions.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

83rd Texas Legislature, Second Called Session, House Concurrent Resolution 18

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives commemorating the delivery of the final C-130J Super Hercules to Dyess Air Force Base.

Date: August 19, 2013

Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.

Item Type: Legislative Document

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[AAF Pilot School (Basic) Operations Memorandum, January 28, 1944]

A memorandum from the operations office at Independence Army Air Field discussing reports of "padding" of flying time. The memo is signed by Gayle Snell.

Date: January 28, 1944

Creator: Taylor, Bryant

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

AAF to Inactivate WASP on December 20

A press briefing from the War Department discussing the announcement that the WASP would be inactivated on December 20, 1944. Included are statements from General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cocran.

Date: October 1944

Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations. Press Branch

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum