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[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1951]

A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.

Date: February 21, 1951

Creator: United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, navigation training, and other work that student pilots have to do.

Date: June 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 23, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing catching a ride in a C-47 from Sacramento to Fort Worth, travelling to Houston by bus, how her friends are doing, and plans for future travel. Typed on Edwards Hotel (Jackson) stationary.

Date: February 23, 1945

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 5, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a picture of her training class in a Sweetwater TX newspaper, a Chinese student pilot who got lost on a sortie, and her routine. Typed on folded stationary.

Date: June 5, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 17, 1944]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents, discussing a flight from Memphis to Newark via Atlanta and her choice to ferry a P-40 or P-63. The postcard is from the Memphis Municipal Airport Red Cross Canteen and features two photos of servicemen recreating.

Date: November 17, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her day, getting a radio fixed, flying, and being grounded due to a tornado. Written on Hilton Hotel (Long Beach) stationary.

Date: 1944-06-25?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes October 20, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her frustration with the Red Cross, preparing to open a new club for enlisted men, getting transferred to Aganus, her work schedule, and friends. Typed on The Neil House (Columbus, OH) stationary.

Date: October 20, 1945

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986]

Letter from Gary DeWalt of Public Media Arts, Inc. to participants in the 1986 WASP reunion informing them that PMA will be filming a documentary about WASPs during the reunion.

Date: September 23, 1986

Creator: DeWalt, Gary

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 18, 1979]

Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Gerano and nine other WASP veterans, castigating them and a petition they circulated about the Order of Fifinella and its finances.

Date: September 18, 1979

Creator: Roberts, Lillian

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Women Airforce Service Pilots brochure]

An informational brochure explaining the history of the WASP and achievements by WASP veterans since their deactivation. Included is a list of important persons, units, and awards.

Date: [1984..]

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 16, 1942]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing becoming a link trainer instructor, students and instructors, link trainer aircraft, getting her car taken care of, dining on base, and working/flying hours.

Date: 1942-10-16?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 6, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying in hot weather, sunburns, her hectic schedule, a measles outbreak, news about friends, check flights and washouts, and needing clothes shipped. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary and the back of a graded physics quiz.

Date: April 6, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a UC78, a letter from her husband Dick, and other correspondence. Written on San Juan Hotel (Orlando) stationary.

Date: October 3, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell, April 26, 2004]

Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell inviting her to participate in a historical project with the Air Force ROTC Arnold Air Society, where they will be educating the public on the WASP.

Date: April 26, 2004

Creator: Parrish, Nancy

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 24, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being transported to Palm Springs, exploring the town, flight delays, orders, free time, and Air Corps personnel in California.

Date: October 24, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Aviation Cadet Examining Boards

A list of boards in western states for examining aviation cadets for entry into the USAAF training.

Date: 1944~

Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, March 18, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, the weather and flying, ground school, being able to fly solo, taking a trip to San Angelo, missing socks, maintaining her car, a new class of trainees, pictures from her dad, problems with dry skin, and her next phase of training.

Date: March 18, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing her father's passing.

Date: December 1945

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, September 4, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing burning her hand, flying across the country at night, the P-51, news from home, her divorce, rumors about the future of the WASPs, the book Bombers Across, flying to the Pacific Northwest, and a rough flight on an airliner.

Date: September 4, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 5, 1943]

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

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, October 12, 1942]

A water-damaged postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing driving around the Atlanta area looking for a place to live.

Date: October 12, 1942

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father thanking him for recent packages and discussing a solo flight, a check ride, taxiing at Avenger Field, calisthenics, weather, menial work, and money.

Date: March 20, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Telegram from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, May 16, 1945]

Telegram sent from Cornelia Yerkes to her father informing him that she arrived safely at an unnamed overseas station.

Date: May 16, 1945

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 8-10, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a package, her schedule, flying in a B-26, remnant Japanese troops on Guam and safety on the island, getting Seabees to help her move things, doing laundry, meeting someone she went to grade school with, and food.

Date: 1945-12-08/1945-12-10

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 17, 1944]

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[Letter from Gary DeWalt to WASP Reunion 1986 participants, September 23, 1986]

[Letter from Lillian Roberts to Marie Genaro and the "Texas Ten Petitioners," September 18, 1979]

[Women Airforce Service Pilots brochure]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 16, 1942]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 6, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1944]

[Letter from Nancy Parrish to Gayle Snell, April 26, 2004]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 24, 1943]

Aviation Cadet Examining Boards

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, March 18, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 1945]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, September 4, 1944]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 5, 1943]

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, October 12, 1942]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943]

[Telegram from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, May 16, 1945]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 8-10, 1945]