[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943] Page: 1 of 10
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we were all soloed, it being a ruling of
the army tha t you have to have eight hours before
you fly alone ... i hadn't had any practice in
landings, just making one a day when we came home
from our practicee in the air, so the iustruactor
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iost of the other ianouvrers ... also i was unlucky,M
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Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes. [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943], letter, March 20, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1296556/m1/1/: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.