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Aerodynamics for Pilots

Description: Training manual on information needed for safely flying an airplane. Chapters cover topics such as physical laws, properties of air, general operation of flight, and forces that act on planes such as resistance, lift, weight, and drag.
Date: September 1940
Creator: Jones, Bradley
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Meteorology for Pilots

Description: Textbook titled "Meteorology for Pilots" describing various aspects of weather and atmosphere and their effects on aviation. "S. D'Hooghe" is handwritten in the top right corner of the cover.
Date: September 1940
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration. & Haynes, B. C.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Ten Women on Boat]

Description: Photograph of ten unidentified young women standing at the railing on the deck of a boat with the smoke stack visible in the background; several of the women on the right are looking towards the camera while others are looking and pointing down on the left.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Trainees Marching]

Description: Photograph of a group of WASP trainees marching in a single-file line on an airfield; a woman in the front is holding a flagpole with two flags on it and a row of airplanes is visible in the background.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Women and Children by Filling Station]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified women and two children sitting on the ground in front of a building with two large windows labeled "Filling Station." The woman on the far left is wearing a t-shirt and dark glasses, a young girl is sitting next to her, another woman wearing a light-colored blouse is in the middle, and on the right another woman wearing a light-colored blouse is crouching with a young boy sitting in front of her.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Seven Women by Building]

Description: Photograph of seven unidentified women posing together in front of a brick building; three of the women in the foreground are wearing bathing suits and the others are wearing short-sleeved blouses.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Man in uniform with Woman And Children]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a military uniform with a cigar in his mouth, a woman wearing a light-colored blouse, a girl wearing a light-colored dress, and a little boy wearing shorts and no shirt, standing in front of a wooden porch or gazebo with trees visible in the background.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP by Building]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a bomber jacket, flight gear, dark glasses, and goggles on her head standing in front of a building with several windows in it.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Woman and Children by Car]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a light-colored blouse and a handkerchief around her hair squatting on the ground next to two children (a boy and a girl) in front of a car and what appears to be a cabin; the girl is sitting on the bumper of the car on the right and both she and the woman have their arms around the boy, who is standing between them.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Two Men in Uniform]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified men wearing uniforms (possibly WASP instructors) standing in front of a single-story building; the man on the left is wearing a short-sleeved undershirt and pants and the man on the right is wearing his full uniform, including a hat.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Man in Flight Suit]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a flight suit and goggles on his head and holding a coil of rope standing on an airfield with a row of planes in the background; on the left another man wearing a flight suit and rucksack is visible.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP with Map]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a flight suit and hat sitting with her back against a building and holding what appears to be a map; the picture is out of focus and quite blurry.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Woman on Stage at Avenger Field]

Description: Photograph of a young woman wearing a dark dress (possibly Jaqueline Cochran) holding a piece of paper and standing on a stage with several people on the left and a crowd of people sitting on the Avenger Field tower in the background; she appears to be reading or preparing to read a speech.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Charlyne Creger and Man in Grass]

Description: Photograph of Charlyne Creger sitting with an unidentified man in the grass in front of several large bushes; Creger is sitting in the front with her arms around her knees and the man has is sitting behind her with his arms around her.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Woman Holding Drink]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a light-colored blouse and pants rolled up to her knees (and possibly dog tags around her neck) sitting and holding a hand of playing cards in one hand and a bottle in the other; the picture is out of focus and somewhat blurry.
Date: December 12, 1940
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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