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[Memorandum Receipt #3]
Army delivery receipt certifying that a UC-45 model aircraft was delivered to Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with radio and bomsight equipment.
Date:
February 9, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #4]
Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date:
January 31, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #2]
Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered a PT-13 D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date:
February 18, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2]
Orders for several Air Force and WASP pilots to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Moultrie, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas. The three WASP pilots are Gayle D. Ewing, Nadine B. Ramsey, and Helen A. Turner.
Date:
August 24, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum]
Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to Newark, New Jersey with specifications on the plane model, flight order, and instructions upon arrival at her destination. The order is signed by Captain Joe K. Bailey and Ben Handler for Captain William S. Kirkpatrick.
Date:
September 11, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #2]
Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an AT-6 aircraft from Dallas, Texas to Spence Field Air Force base in Moultrie, Georgia.
Date:
May 29, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt]
Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered an AT-6D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date:
March 28, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rig Edwards Honorable Discharge]
Honorable discharge and enlistment forms for Rigdon Edwards.
Date:
September 30, 1944
Creator:
United States Army
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 50, Extracts 7-12]
Special orders listing station assignments and reporting duties for several male pilots and Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
May 25, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Force Base (5th Ferrying Group)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Fourth National Convention Pamphlet]
Pamphlet for the Fourth Women Airforce Service Pilots National Convention with a program of events and list of national convention officers and honored guests. The pamphlet is made of several colored pages tied together, and an image of a Fifinella can be seen on the front page.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young People at Picnic Table]
Photograph of six people that mostly seem to be in their twenties sitting around a picnic table with a checkered tablecloth and several glasses and soda bottles. Other picnic-goers and a wooden picket fence can be seen in the background. A note on the cardboard folder the photo resides in reads, "Dallas 1944, Vi Thunn".
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[5th Ferrying Group Air Transport Command- WASP Roster]
A typed roster listing the names of WASP and the planes each woman is to fly at Love Field, Dallas.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Wasps and Wacs Enter Service]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Nancy Love being selected as the leader of the newly organized WACS, a group of ferrying female pilots. The WASPs are also mentioned in this article and other articles about the Ferrying Division, entertainment, and a Professor from Tokyo coming to speak are included as well.
Date:
November 5, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter and Business Card: From Francis A. Buddin to T. N. Carswell - September 1, 1943]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Francis A. Buddin, Chairman Executive Committee, United Texas Drys, dated September 1, 1943. Buddin advises Carswell of the election of Dr. W. H. McKenzie, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Grand Prairie, as the replacement for Davis. Typewritten on church letterhead. Enclosed wtih the letter is a business card for Francis Asbury Buddin, District Superintendent, The Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas.
Date:
September 1, 1943
Creator:
Buddin, Francis Asbury
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Frank Constant, September 2, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Frank Constant discussing an included list of construction defects and omitted construction projects for Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
September 2, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Fred L. Richardson, May 26, 1942]
Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Fred L. Richardson discussing a contract between Plosser-Prince Air Academy and the Defense Plant Corporation for the account of the U.S. Army Air Corps, mentioning that the Academy will be subject to Army Air Corps auditors and that Richardson should refrain from deposit guarantees. The subject line of the letter reads, "Community Natural Gas Co. Dallas, Texas", and is crossed out in pen.
Date:
May 26, 1942
Creator:
Knowles, M. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Prince and Plosser, May 8, 1942]
Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to Prince and Plosser discussing regulations and proposed plans for building a railroad track spur to carry plane fuel and supplies out to Plosser and Prince's flight school. The header at the top of the letter reads, "The Texas and Pacific Railway Company".
Date:
May 8, 1942
Creator:
Griffith, R. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Plosser-Prince Memorandum of Meeting]
Minutes from a meeting at the office of Plosser-Prince Air Academy between several parties discussing faults in construction of Avenger Field and the Wilson Glider School and the possibility of the contractor, Victor J. Nelson, correcting the issues.
Date:
November 6, 1942
Creator:
Hughes, J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince, July 22, 1942]
Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince inquiring about securing right of way and addition grading for a proposed railway track spur to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
July 22, 1942
Creator:
Griffith, R. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince, July 13, 1942]
Copy of telegram text sent from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince discussing the railroad track spur being built toward Plosser Prince Air Academy.
Date:
July 13, 1942
Creator:
Griffith, R. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank L. Constant to Charles Prince, August 28, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Frank L. Constant to Charles Prince discussing scheduling a meeting to address final construction needs for Plosser Prince Air Academy.
Date:
August 28, 1942
Creator:
Constant, Frank L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy, June 30, 1942]
Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy discussing the price of materials for construction of a railroad track spur to the academy in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
June 30, 1942
Creator:
Griffith, R. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to R. C. Griffith, July 10, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to R. C. Griffith discussing an enclosed check and contract copies for the construction of a proposed railway spur near Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
July 10, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. G. Pondrom to Plosser and Prince and Victor J. Nelson, June 13, 1942]
Copy of a letter from L. G. Pondrom to Plosser and Prince and Victor J. Nelson discussing an enclosed treasury check for $70,426.37.
Date:
June 13, 1942
Creator:
Pondrom, L. G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History