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[Gayle Snell promotion]
Promotion form ordering higher pay for WASP Gayle Snell and changing her designation from trainee to pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes aircraft rating certificate]
Pilot rating for Cornelia Yerkes indicating that she was qualified on both single and multi-engined aircraft and seaplanes.
Date:
February 6, 1945
Creator:
United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying out of Kansas City, news about the invasion of Normandy, her friend Nancy Nesbitt, recent correspondence, flying P-51s at high altitude, books, physical examinations, and her friend Bobby's marriage. Typed on the back of official memo cards.
Date:
June 6, 1944, 1:00 p.m.
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 6, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing an injured family member, a problem with her wrist, the heat at Avenger Field, her mother's birthday, Don Clifford, letters, instructor pilots and flying training, and going to a barbeque.
Date:
July 6, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting to pick up a P-40, visiting New York City, the Bell factory pilot lounge, and plans for future travel.
Date:
June 6, 1944, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell's Flight Training Diploma]
Diploma given to Gayle Snell at Avenger Field upon graduating from flight training as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Ward, Roy D.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 6, 1950]
Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a cruise and the start of spring. The postcard features an image of the Anchor Room at the Annapolis Hotel in Washington, DC.
Date:
April 6, 1950
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 6, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying an AT-7 to San Marcos, waiting to transition out of Love Field, a pompous taxi driver, her uniform, and the AT-7. Written on Hotel Stephen F. Austin (Austin) stationary.
Date:
March 6, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #2]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Whitaker, Richard H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 6, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing food, weather, flight training, ground school, and fellow students.
Date:
1943-03-06?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes, February 6, 1945]
Letter from WASP leader Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes (courtesy of her father Fred) introducing a certificate recognizing her service as a WASP.
Date:
February 6, 1945
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 6, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes explaining a photograph (not included) from a previous month at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. She also mentions continuing ground school (possibly for pursuit school) and her lack of sleep.
Date:
1944-04-06?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History