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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 31, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Wichita, being grounded by a snowstorm, picking up Cessnas for delivery, trying to find a Parker 51 pen, food, and recent correspondence. Written on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date: December 31, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 31, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on December 31, 1943. He says it rains a lot, but his outfit has moved in to a building recently. Although it is crowded, they keep dry. He's been getting mail much more often in Italy than in North Africa.
Date: December 31, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 29, 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her lack of good stationary, news from friends, the bad weather, trying and failing to teach a poor class of student pilots, trying to get a position in USAAF Ferrying Command, news from Jackie Cochran, recent gifts, and trying to get leave.
Date: 1943-12-29?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 27, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing mail, orders to ferry a UC-78, selling her car, bonds and rations, and Christmas greetings and celebrations. Typed on Santa Rita Hotel stationary.
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas gifts, traveling by train, meeting a Russian fur trapper, recent correspondence, the WASP program and pay. Typed on Hotel John Marshal (Richmond) stationary.
Date: 1943-12-26?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 25, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on December 25, 1943. He discusses the weather and what the soldiers had for Christmas dinner, and tells them not to worry about him.
Date: December 25, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 24, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying over New York City and Philadelphia, a phone call, seeing a performance of Othello, and returning to Dallas. Written on Hotel Peabody (Memphis) stationary.
Date: December 24, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying with bad weather and electrical problems, hand-cranking her landing gear, food, traveling, and Christmas.
Date: December 23, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 22, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr., on December 22, 1943, describing the Christmas dinner he had at a private residence in Italy. He praises the Italians ability to make and eat food, and wishes his family a Merry Christmas.
Date: December 22, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, December 21, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on December 21, 1943. He arrived safely in Italy, and likes it a great deal more than he did North Africa. He comments on the fruit and nuts that grow in Italy, and mentions that he has finally received many letters and packages from home.
Date: December 21, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe stationary, discussing her trip to Wichita, visits with people in Dallas and Atlanta, traveling to Richmond, and her anxiety about having to fly over New York City.
Date: 1943-12-20?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 17, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent letters, ferrying a plane and her return trip, Christmas gifts, running into someone from home, uniforms, and weather. Typed on American Airlines stationary.
Date: December 17, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering an aircraft to Washington D.C., traveling to Wilmington and Philadelphia, and mentions that she will be returning to Dallas.
Date: 1943-12-15?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., December 10, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., on December 10, 1943. He wishes he could go fishing with Willis, Sr., comments on a story about a soldier from Waco in the newspaper, and asks to be sent a box of pecans.
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 8, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft with bad weather and mechanical problems, and doing errands. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date: December 8, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 5, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying orders, Christmas shopping, her car, rations and bonds, rumors about the WASPs being merged into the Army Air Force, her flight hours, Christmas leave, and talks from a safety officer about recent accidents. Typed on Santa Rita Hotel (Tucson) stationary.
Date: December 5, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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