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[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]
Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8]
Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Wichita, Kansas to Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date:
January 31, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5]
Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Wichita, Kansas.
Date:
January 27, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Order #6]
Orders for several Air Force Pilots and WASP to ferry aircraft from Wichita Kansas to air bases in various U.S. cities.
Date:
January 28, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between North American Aviation, Inc. of Kansas and the Army Air Force Material Command]
Correspondence between North American Aviation, Inc. of Kansas and the Army Air Force Material Command discussing the creation of a device to aid female pilots in relieving themselves mid-flight. Both letters are written in a comical rhyming scheme with several euphemistic references to bathroom activities. The pages come with one half of a manila folder that has, "Byrd Granger's documentation of militarization", written on it in pen.
Date:
1943-10-08/1943-10-12
Creator:
North American Aviation, Inc. of Kansas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #4]
Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a PT-13D aircraft from Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, to an Air Force base in Dos Palos, California.
Date:
February 18, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
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
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]
Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date:
February 9, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #3]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
Buckingham, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell debit memorandum receipt]
A USAAF memorandum receipt for a parachute and flight jacket issued to WASP Gayle Snell.
Date:
November 10, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notification of deactivation for Gayle Snell]
Notification of Personnel Action deactivating Gayle Snell as a WASP.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell credit memorandum receipt]
A USAAF memorandum receipt for a parachute and flight jacket returned by WASP Gayle Snell.
Date:
December 20, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Individual Clothing Equipment Record for Gayle Snell]
An inventory of clothing items filled out by WASP Gayle Snell.
Date:
1944-12?
Creator:
Snell, Gayle M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell regulation certificate]
A certificate signed by WASP Gayle Snell affirming that she read and understands AAF regulation 60-16.
Date:
November 9, 1944
Creator:
Snell, Gayle M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Property turn-in slip for Gayle Snell]
A form detailing items returned by Gayle Snell to her quartermaster the day before her deactivation as a WASP, including item quantity and condition.
Date:
December 19, 1944
Creator:
Haffan, R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[AAF Pilot School (Basic) Operations Memorandum, January 28, 1944]
A memorandum from the operations office at Independence Army Air Field discussing reports of "padding" of flying time. The memo is signed by Gayle Snell.
Date:
January 28, 1944
Creator:
Taylor, Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from War Department to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]
Envelope from the War Department sent to Gayle Snell.
Date:
November 27, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell officers' mess statement]
A credit statement given to Gayle Snell by the Independence Army Air Field officers' mess, showing that she owed $20.00 for dining, laundry, and other services.
Date:
November 28, 1944
Creator:
Independence Army Air Field Officer's Mess
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Examination Certificate on Flying Regulations for Gayle Snell, 1944]
Certificate for Gayle Snell verifying that she passed her exam in IAAF flying regulations.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell]
USAAF order indicating Gayle Snell's promotion from trainee to pilot, raising her pay, and rebasing her from Avenger Field to Independence Field.
Date:
November 7, 1944
Creator:
Taylor, C. O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History