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Cockpit Procedure Part 19A
Part 19 of the official cockpit procedure for Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes twenty-six steps.
Date:
1943/1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Military Group at Dinner]
Photograph of a large group of young men and women in military uniform eating at tables with light colored tablecloths. Ribbons and Christmas bells can be seen hung from the ceiling and framed photos of planes can be seen hung on the wall. Writing can be seen on the bottom corner of the photo that reads, "X-mas 1943 Camp Davis, N. C."
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Returning From High Altitutde Night Flight (Searchlight)
Photograph of Helen Snapp (on left) and Margaret Bruns returning from a night flight at Camp Davis. Bruns is sitting on a bed wearing her uniform, and Snapp has one foot on a chair, tying her boot, and is wearing her uniform.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Group Photograph, 1943]
Group photograph of thirty-one Women Airforce Service Pilots in Camp Davis, North Carolina in 1943. There are three rows of women, one standing, one kneeling, and one sitting with their ankles crossed, and all women wear their WASP uniforms.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Trainees]
Photograph of four women standing at Avenger Field. From left to right: Helen Snapp, Margaret Bruns, Esther Rheinhold, and Jan Tate. All four are wearing their flight uniforms "Zoot Suits".
Date:
April 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Local Radio Procedure for Avenger Field
Procedural text for operating the local radio for Avenger Field. It gives instructions on how "to leave line," what to do during take off, what to do on a forty-five degree entry, and important tips.
Date:
May 24, 1943
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASP]
Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
Stuart, John
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "The WASP"]
Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
Stuart, John
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "The WASPS"]
Magazine clipping comparing how safe the WASP were compared to the entire United States, Virginia Moffett's service with the WASP, and the amount of hours they logged.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS]
Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Note With Information About Operation Aphrodite]
A note with information about Operation Aphrodite, which was an operation for unmanned aircraft, and failed.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry R. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp, August 4, 1994]
Letter from UNT History Professor Harry F. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp discussing the development of a book meant to "preserve a number of WASPs as historical personages as well as the best context for preserving historically the place of WASPs as a group." The book's intended audience will be college women, high school girls, and young adult women. Harry Snapp asks Helen Snapp for her cooperation in making the book possible. The letter contains a handwritten P. S. that includes his contact information, should Helen wish to contact him.
Date:
August 4, 1944
Creator:
Snapp, Harry F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #3]
Script of an address given by General Henry H. Arnold, the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, to the last graduating WASP class.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert St. John to Mrs. Lawson, December 20, 1944]
Typed carbon copy of a broadcast sent from Robert St. John to Mrs. Lawson discussing the experience of Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
St. John, Robert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Newsletter]
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association newsletter from September 1945. Page 69 includes six pictures of British Commercial Planes, both the outside of the plane and the cockpit; pages 70 and 71 list the "most complete releasable list of aircraft in use by the United States armed forces; page 72 shows eight pictures of planes that the reader is meant to identify, with an answer key below, as well as two diagrams of plane silhouettes; page 79 includes an add for Flightex; and page 80 includes information on new civil air regulations.
Date:
September 1945
Creator:
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope of Quik Splice Tapes]
Envelope for HPI quik splice super 8mm splicing tapes. There are some tapes left inside.
Date:
1965
Creator:
Hudson Photographic Industries Incorporated
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Instructions for HPI Quik Splice]
Instruction pamphlet for an HPI Quick Splice Dual Eight Interlock Butt Splicer for Super 8mm film. The instructions outline how to splice 8mm film.
Date:
1968
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[13 Women Standing Around the Graduate Statue]
Photograph of thirteen women wearing blue hats and holding red roses at the WASP homecoming, posing with a statue in the National WASP WWII Museum. Nine of the women are arranged in two rows on the left side of the statue and four others are to the right. A blue backdrop is behind the statue with the name "Aviation Enterprises Ltd." across the top.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #3]
50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nine-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring the "food and other commodities rationed, 1943." It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement seeking WASP Items]
Bright yellow advertisement seeking Women Airforce Service Pilot items by Jeff Spielberg. It requests unusual items from "groups such as the AVG, the Eagle Squadron, the WASP, and the Doolittle Raiders" and offers cash. There is a toll-free number to call and information for what he will pay for specific items. The back of the ad reads "Trevor Timmons 3rd floor, From Sargent, 1435 Room, Roommate Jerry Johnson McKay 43-2."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Spielberg, Jeff
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An Air Force Association Certificate Presented to Helen Snapp]
An Air Force Association certificate presented to Helen Snapp, recognizing her service to her country as a pilot in the WASP program. The certificate was presented by the Air Force Association Florida Region. The certificate is inside a blue holder, with a design on the cover and the words, "Air Force Association."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Air Force Association
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An Airplane at Liberty Field]
Photograph of an airplane at Liberty Field in Georgia. There is a star on the aft, and there is text under the photo that reads, "Liberty Field, Ga., 1944 PQ 14 and C-45."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Airplanes in Sky]
Photograph, taken from the ground looking up, of three planes flying against the bottom of a thin layer of white clouds. A small bird can also be seen flying.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
America's Spaceport, John F. Kennedy Space Center
Book about the John F. Kennedy Space Center organized into sections entitled "Origins," "Mission," "People and Facilities," "Manned Flight - The First Era," "A New Approach - The Space Shuttle," "Unmanned Space Missions," "A Place to Visit," and "Future Outlook." A note inside the cover says "Paintings courtesy of NASA Art Program."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History