National WASP WWII Museum - 15 Matching Results

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[Clipping: Oh...To Be A Women's Air Force Service Pilot]

Photocopy of a magazine clipping with an article about the history of the WASP, how they began, their achievements, and more.

Date: February 1977

Creator: Gutierrez, Ava & Wilson, Jan

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: 'Our Daring Young Women': WWII role models guide women pilots]

Photocopy of an clipping on the legacy of Women Airforce Service Pilots, their contributions to World War II, and their eventual fight to gain veteran status.

Date: November 1984

Creator: Watson, Liz

Item Type: Article

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.

Date: May 28, 2005

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.

Date: May 28, 2005

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973]

Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing a letter she received a letter from Gip D. Oldham, Jr., to which she's not sure how to respond. She asks Mr. Edwards for help with how to respond, and mentions that she has fond memories of Sweetwater, Texas. The letter she discusses, which is included, asks for information from ex-instructors in the WASP air school for the WASP newsletter. Also included is the envelope addressed to Mr. Edwards from Betty Riddle.

Date: August 21, 1973

Creator: Riddle, Betty

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 7, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing going to Long Beach to pick up a P-51, her friends Bobby and Marion, shipping and packages, and plans for after the WASP are disbanded. Written on American Red Cross stationary.

Date: December 7, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 23, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing spending several nights on American Airlines, letters, New York City, and ferrying aircraft across the country. Written on American Airlines stationary.

Date: June 23, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing problems with bad weather and flying, seeing a friend, recent correspondence, and where she had recently flown. Written on United Air Lines stationary.

Date: March 22, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 5, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a night flight to Dallas, flying P-51s, her ex-husband, getting a steak, spending the night in Long Beach, seeing new parts of the American southwest, and commercial pilot licenses.

Date: October 5, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing a her recent work and travels. Written on Jackson Army Air Base Officers' Club stationary.

Date: October 29, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving a pack of cigarettes, flying a fighter from Jackson, MS, to Raleigh and Newark, seeing a show and getting dinner, flying on an airliner at night, picking up a plane from Long Beach, news about her friend Marion, flying in a B-24, and happening to meet an Air Corps private who knew of her through a mutual acquaintance.

Date: October 31, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 7, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing treating a bad tooth ache, ferrying aircraft, and a pilot friend getting an award.

Date: 1944-09-07?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 22, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying from Los Angeles to New York and preparing to return to Dallas. The postcard features a photo of a Royal Air Force P-51.

Date: June 22, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Timeline of Cornelia Yerkes Kafka's World War II service]

A handwritten timeline with details of Cornelia Yerkes' service as a WASP and Red Cross worker in World War II, with details on her training, duty stations, aircraft and routes flown, and some personal details.

Date: 2000~/2009~

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Clipping: Oh...To Be A Women's Air Force Service Pilot]

[Clipping: 'Our Daring Young Women': WWII role models guide women pilots]

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 7, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 23, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 5, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 7, 1944?]

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 22, 1944]

[Timeline of Cornelia Yerkes Kafka's World War II service]