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[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]

Description: Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #4]

Description: Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a PT-13D aircraft from Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, to an Air Force base in Dos Palos, California.
Date: February 18, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Bailey Bridge Over the Ill River at Oberhergheim, France]

Description: Photograph of a bailey bridge that covers the span of the Ill River at Oberhergheim, France. Two people can be seen walking together halfway over the bridge. Plant life is partially visible on the river, as is a reflection of the bridge. Writing the reverse side of the photo mentions how the bridge was constructed by the 119th Engineers.
Date: February 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Certificate Presented to Clara Evans Willis]

Description: Certificate awarded to Clara Evans Willis for her work with the USO during World War II. It reads: "In Recognition of Meritorious Service in USO War Work, this certificate is presented to Mrs. J. T. Willis. February 5, 1946." It is signed by the chairman and the president of the United Services Organization.
Date: February 5, 1946
Creator: United Services Organization
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Christenson in Plane]

Description: Photograph of a woman, earlier identified as Dorothy Christenson, sitting in the cockpit of a plane and wearing a headset while looking off camera to the right. Handwriting on the back of the photo reads, "Dorothy C., Feb 14, 1943, Houston, Texas, WASP".
Date: February 14, 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Christenson in Plane #2]

Description: Photograph of Dorothy Christenson in the cockpit of an airplane and looking off camera to the right. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo read, "Dorothy Christenson", "WASP School 43-W-3, Feb 1943", Houston Airport (Howard Hughes?)", "AT-6 from Ellington Field". A note on the right edge of the back possibly reads, "Alan D. Christenson 5".
Date: February 1947
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Dan Melli Sitting Outside of Furst Chateau]

Description: Photograph of Dan Melli sitting on a railing outside of Furst Chateau, a two-story brick building. Melli is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and sitting on the railing of a stairway that leads downward into a basement. There are two rows of windows with shutters.
Date: February 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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