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[Photograph of Major Urban and Members of Class 44-W-1]
Photograph of Major Urban and six members of class 44-W-1 of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The typewritten label attached to the photo's bottom edge restates the information written on the back of the photo. The back of the photo is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Margaret Chamberlin Sunbathing]
Photograph of Margaret Chamberlin, a trainee in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), sunbathing. She is visible from the chest up and reclines with her hands held behind her head.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hazel Pracht and Elmo Hatcher]
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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Helen Duffy]
Photograph of Helen Duffy, one of the instructors in the Women Airforce Service Program (WASP), standing outside. She is wearing a flight suit and is visible from the waist up. The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother" and "Flying Training Command Photo."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Charlie Flucher]
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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Class 43-W-5 Ringing the Bell at Avenger Field]
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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Trainees in Formation]
Photograph of a group of members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) standing in rows and holding certificates.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three People Saluting]
Photograph of two men and one woman standing and saluting something off camera. The label attached to the photograph's bottom edge indicates that the participants are General H. H. "Hap" Arnold, Major Robert K. Urban, and Jacqueline Cochran. The back of the photo is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five WASP and an Instructor at the Wishing Well]
Photograph of five graduates of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and an instructor tossing coins into the wishing well at Avenger Field.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Radar Station at Avenger Field #3]
Aerial photograph of the air force radar station at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The photo shows a large group of buildings connected by paths and and roads, with a parking lot in the center. Two large hangars are visible in the foreground. Three student dorms for TSTC campus can be seen side by side in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Libby Gordner]
Photograph of a Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) trainee leaning her head out of the window of an airplane's cockpit. A typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge identifies her as Libby Gordner. The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Class 44-W-9]
Photograph of the 44-W-9 class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The women are arranged in four rows. The back of the photograph contains the stamp for the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Class 44-W-7]
Photograph of class 44-W-7 of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) standing in rows on a grassy field. The women are wearing dark caps, light-colored shirts, and light-colored pants. The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pre-Parole Transfer Facility at Sweetwater, Texas #2]
Photograph of the gated entrance to a group of small buildings in Sweetwater Texas. A road leads up to the metal gate, which is attached to a small, wooden guard-house. A sign in the yard in front of the gate reads, "Pre-Parole Transfer Facility," and indicates the name of a company called Concept Inc.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Trainee Mounting a Horse]
Photograph of a woman mounting a horse while a man holds on to the horse's ears and leans back. Three figures on horseback are visible in the background. The label attached to the photograph's bottom edge says, "McInnerny 43-8 Double Heart Ranch Picnic, Sweetwater."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #2]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo. A note can be seen written on the back of the photo: "Sweetwater Municipal Airport- The first hangar built in 1929 on South side of the field. Photo taken in 1941".
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Hazel Ling Lee and an Instructor]
Photograph of Hazel Ling Lee sitting in a training cockpit and looking at the papers in her flight instructor's hand. The flight instructor stands outside of the cockpit and behind the plane's wing. The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Hazel Pracht]
Photograph of a Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) trainee climbing into the cockpit of an airplane. The label taped to the photograph's bottom edge reads, "Hazel Pracht 43-W-4 Houston." The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Major Robert K. Urban]
Photograph of Major Robert K. Urban, the commanding officer at Avenger Field. He is visible from the chest up and wears a uniform. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge reads, "Major Robert K. Urban C. O. of Avenger Field."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial Photograph of Airport in Sweetwater #2]
Aerial photograph of an airport with two major runways in Sweetwater, Texas. There are five clusters of buildings on the bottom and right sides of the intersecting runways, marked by small yellow dots with numbers on them. At the bottom of the photo, there is numbered text indicating the names of the different buildings, and larger text along the left side indicating the location of the airport.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Seven WASP Gathered Around a Table]
Photograph of seven trainees of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gathered around a table in one of the classrooms at Avenger Field. Some, but not all, of the women are identified in the label attached to the photograph's bottom edge. The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Jane Shirley Explaining Instruments]
Photocopy of WASP pointing at instruments while two young men in flight gear look on. Text printed at the bottom of the photo reads, "WASP Jane Shirley explaining instrument panel of North American AT-6 to Mexican officers at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Class 44-9 Baymates]
Photocopy of a group of WASP posed together in front of barracks at Avenger Field. Text printed beneath the photo reads, "Baymates, Class 44-9, in front of barracks at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Planes Flying Over Ellington Field]
Photograph of three planes flying over a monument at Ellington Field in Texas. The back of the photograph contains the stamp of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History