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[Profile on Rigdon Edwards] (open access)

[Profile on Rigdon Edwards]

Profile on Rigdon Edwards, providing information on his education, background, business experience, club membership, and activities. On the last page, there is handwritten text with additional information about an award he received.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000

Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, former pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Dickerson describes her early interest in airplanes and tells stories from her days with the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), flying different types of aircraft to bases all over the United States. She includes the history of WASP, its formation, and dissolution. Her flying stories detail plane crashes and near-death experiences, including the sabotage of planes at the airport in Enid, OK by a German National. Mrs. Dickerson also talks about running a flying service in the Kerrville airport with her husband, Carl Meek, during the early days of aviation after WWII.
Date: February 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay] (open access)

[Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]

An autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot and how it led to her career as a nurse. A handwritten note at the bottom from 1996 states, "I am now retired and getting into mischief".
Date: 1996
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charlyne Creger: An Oral History (open access)

Charlyne Creger: An Oral History

Transcript of and oral history interview of Charlyne Creger conducted by interviewer, Dawn Letson. They discuss Creger's family history, her life growing up in Oklahoma, and her life and career after entering and graduating the Women Airforce Service Pilots. An index of subjects discussed is listed at the end of the interview.
Date: May 26, 1988
Creator: Letson, Dawn & Creger, Charlyne
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Rig Edwards Biographical Information] (open access)

[Rig Edwards Biographical Information]

Biographical information on the life of Rigdon Edwards, flight instructor for the Women Airforce Service Pilots program.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wings Over Sweetwater: The History of Avenger Field] (open access)

[Wings Over Sweetwater: The History of Avenger Field]

Paper written by Major Bennet B. Monde on the history of Avenger Field and Women Airforce Service Pilots. The paper has a cover page with an image of Texas and several air force wing logos, including the WASP, U.S. Air Force, and Royal Air Force.
Date: unknown
Creator: Monde, Bennet B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Reunion Information] (open access)

[Reunion Information]

Page with information about lodging, transportation, cost, and tour information for the Bartlesville, Oklahoma WASP reunion, as well as other WASP regional news.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History