[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Patch]

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A gold and black embroidered patch featuring a shield with a pair of wings. The acronym, "AOPA" (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) is stitched diagonally across the shield.

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1 patch : fabric, col. ; 4 x 10 cm.

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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Creation Date: Unknown.

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This physical object is part of the collection entitled: National WASP WWII Museum and was provided by the National WASP WWII Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 86 times. More information about this object can be viewed below.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Located at Avenger Field in Nolan County Texas, the WASP World War II Museum commits to preserving the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. As a teaching museum, it features archives, exhibits, and oral histories that record a significant period in history when women dared to break barriers and contribute to victory.

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A gold and black embroidered patch featuring a shield with a pair of wings. The acronym, "AOPA" (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) is stitched diagonally across the shield.

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1 patch : fabric, col. ; 4 x 10 cm.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Bringing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots to life, these archives represent the role of the flight school in training women pilots to fly military planes and show how WASPs responded socially and professionally to new challenges brought by war. Included are financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pilots' logs, and flight manuals.

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Abilene Library Consortium

Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • July 18, 2019, 8:36 p.m.

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  • Feb. 20, 2020, 10:40 a.m.

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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. [Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Patch], physical object, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1164127/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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