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Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 1980 Roster

Description: Directory containing the contact information for graduates, trainees, instructors, and staff of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program. Also included are lists of current officers, past presidents, reunions, training classes, staff, and flight instructors.
Date: 1980
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Rigdon Edwards]

Description: Photograph of Rigdon Edwards, one of the instructors of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at Avenger Field. He is visible from the waist up and wears a peaked cap, leather jacket, button-down shirt, dark tie, and light-colored trousers.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Avenger Field]

Description: Nomination materials submitted to the National Register of Historic Places regarding Avenger Field near Sweetwater, Texas. The materials include a history of the field, maps, photographs, and other supporting documents, as well as documents about the nomination process and drafted text.
Date: April 15, 1996
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Airfield Buildings #2]

Description: Photograph of multiple rows of air field buildings on either side of a dirt street or court yard. Two ambulance vans can be seen parked in the foreground with a third vehicle. A yellow note adhered to the front of the photo reads, "WASP cantonment area, Avenger Field, TX 1942-1944 (Note wishing well in center of area (Courtesy Air Force Historical Agency).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of WASP Instructors Edwards and Hoogerwerf]

Description: Photograph of Rigdon Edwards and Hubert Hoogerwerf, instructors in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program. Edwards, on the left, is wearing a flight suit, helmet, sunglasses, and a parachute while Hoogerwerf is wearing sunglasses, a button down shirt, and pants. Sunlight streams through the windows in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Avenger Field Sign]

Description: Photograph of the wooden sign in front of Avenger Field that includes a full-color depiction of Fifinella, the mascot of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Buildings and cars are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Four WASP Trainees Doing Chores]

Description: Photograph of four trainees in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) attending to chores in their barracks. One woman is crouched on the floor holding a dustpan while another woman sweeps debris into it, the third woman is polishing her shoes, and the fourth woman is ironing. The names included on the typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge vary slightly from the names written on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Two WASP at the Wishing Well]

Description: Photograph of two WASP trainees visiting the wishing well at Avenger Field. The women are visible from the back and are wearing coveralls commonly referred to as "zoot suits." The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Hazel Pracht and Elmo Hatcher]

Description: Photograph of Hazel Pracht, a trainee in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), and Elmo Hatcher, one of the instructors at Avenger Field. Pracht is seated in the cockpit of an airplane while Hatcher stands outside the plane and leans his head toward the cockpit. The back of the photograph is stamped, "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Charlie Flucher]

Description: Photograph of Charlie Flucher standing in front of an airplane. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph: "Photo taken at Avenger Field - Dec. 1943. Charlie Flucher was a mechanic while WASP were here. This was one of 5 planes of which he was crew chief. Plane - Basic Trainer 13A."
Date: December 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Class 43-W-5 Ringing the Bell at Avenger Field]

Description: Photograph of trainees in the 43-W-5 class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gathered around the bell tower at Avenger Field. The label taped to the photograph's bottom edge reads, "43-W-5 finishes G.S. August 1943 Maloof, Jones, Thomas, Schiedles, Mather, Modesette, Sshwarg, Myers, Cleveland, Roberts." The back of the photograph includes a handwritten list of names along with two stamps.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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