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[Clipping: Women pilots flew for their country]

Description: Page 2: Newspaper clipping of an article about a reunion of the WASPin Tucson, Arizona, and delving into WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown's experience as a female pilot. The article includes photos of Eleanor Brown, the author Jim Bishop, and a photo of Eleanor Brown perched on the wing of a plane. There are other articles on the back of the clipping, including two about car crashes.
Date: October 13, 2002
Creator: Bishop, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Plunging into her 90s]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about a WASP member, Frances L. Cisternino, who went skydiving for her 90th birthday, briefly describing her experience as service pilot in WWII. The article includes several photos of Cisternino preparing for and floating down from her sky-dive. The article is continued on the back of the clipping, with a photograph of the onlookers at the event, along with some obituaries and part of another article.
Date: December 10, 2002
Creator: Copenhaver, Larry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Women pilots flew for their country]

Description: Newspaper clippings of an article about a reunion in of the WASP group in Tucson, Arizona, and delving into WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown's experience as a female pilot. The article also discusses the lack of recognition for WASP by the military. The article includes photos of Eleanor Brown, the author Jim Bishop, and a photo of Eleanor Brown perched on the wing of a plane. There are other articles on the back of the two clippings, including two about car crashes and several obituaries.
Date: October 13, 2002
Creator: Bishop, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Program: WASP 60th Anniversary Reunion]

Description: Program for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 60th Anniversary celebration that includes a memorial tribute to Director Jackie Cochran. The pamphlet also lists pilot and NASA engineer, Marta Bohn-Meyer, as a guest speaker.
Date: 2002
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilot (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Ashley Carswell to T. N. Carswell - September 13, 1944]

Description: A letter written to Uncle Norwood [T. N. Carswell] from Ashley [Ashley Carswell], Tucson, Arizona, dated September 13, 1944. Ashley Carswell advises that he has completed training and is ready to go overseas. He has a nine-day delay with his crew to pick up a new ship and equipment in Topeka, Kansas, drive to Dallas then fly to Jacksonville to be home four or five days. He assures his Uncle that he is "not worried about going across because I've got the best crew on the field―but I am the on… more
Date: September 13, 1944
Creator: Carswell, Ashley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping Scrapbook Page]

Description: Scrapbook page with a newspaper clipping about a bar in Tuscon "35 years ago". Handwritten notes are visible across the page. A box number for former senator W. J. Bryan is stamped on the back.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Female Pilots Recognized

Description: Printed article about the Congressional Gold Medal being awarded to Women Airforce Service Pilots, featuring interview quotes from Catherine Parker on her feelings about the medal and her time in the WASP program.
Date: March 19, 2009
Creator: Phelps, Janet
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Catherine Parker WASP File]

Description: File folder for Catherine Parker filled various charts, instructions, and certificates from her time as Woman Airforce Service Pilot, including her individual flight records.
Date: unknown
Creator: {{{name}}}
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Employment Separation Clearance]

Description: Signed statements from various officers and staff confirming that Catherine Parker will no longer be employed at Marana Army Air Field and is cleared of any duties or obligations.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Anderson, D. V.; Beauregard; Hixson, Hilwer B.; Hars, C. C.; Parrish, D. C. & Parker, Catherine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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