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[Letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson, June 6, 1942]
Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to Victor J. Nelson requesting the completed plans for the construction of Avenger Field.
Date:
June 6, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Shipping Instructions for a Delivery to British Flying Training School]
Amended shipping and marking instructions for a delivery to British Flying Training School in Sweetwater, Texas with a smaller mailing slip accompanying it.
Date:
June 6, 1942
Creator:
Link Aviation Devices, Inc.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Charles A. Prince to Joe B. Plosser and R. E. Olin, October 6, 1942]
Telegram from Charles A. Prince to Joe B. Plosser and R. E. Olin discussing the next steps necessary for them to take.
Date:
October 6, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, October 6, 1942 #1]
Telegram from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing the results of a recent costs analysis.
Date:
October 6, 1942
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, October 6, 1942 #2]
Telegram from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing the results of a recent costs analysis.
Date:
October 6, 1942
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Plosser-Prince Memorandum of Meeting]
Minutes from a meeting at the office of Plosser-Prince Air Academy between several parties discussing faults in construction of Avenger Field and the Wilson Glider School and the possibility of the contractor, Victor J. Nelson, correcting the issues.
Date:
November 6, 1942
Creator:
Hughes, J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, February 6, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing Instruments Flight Instructor School classes, visiting with friends, dinner with a Lt. Hawthorne, Phil Kafka's Army commission, medical examinations, pay and leave permits, and a friendly lunchlady. On the back is an image of the IFIS insignia.
Date:
1943-02-06?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
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
[Certificate of Elimination, April 1943]
Text certifying that five women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March and April 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person; one name has been stricken from the list with a handwritten note.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
McConnell, Landon E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Pilot Trainees Eliminated in March 1943]
Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) on March 31, 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester R. Klown to Mary Ruth Rance, April 6, 1943]
Letter from Chester R. Klown to Mary Ruth Rance discussing the details of her application to the Women's Flying Training Program, explaining her reporting requirements and salary information.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
Klown, Chester R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 6, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying in hot weather, sunburns, her hectic schedule, a measles outbreak, news about friends, check flights and washouts, and needing clothes shipped. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary and the back of a graded physics quiz.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from B. E. Meyers to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, April 6, 1943]
Telegram from General B. E. Meyers to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing how to submit tuition invoices for women pilots attending the Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
Meyers, B. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Albany (V-9) Sectional Aeronautical Chart
Aeronautical map of Albany, New York and its surrounding region, showing cities, topographical features, radio frequency ranges and other various aeronautical symbols for flight training and navigation. Scale 1:500,000.
Date:
May 6, 1943
Creator:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Object Type:
Map
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 Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, September 6, 1943]
Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing past correspondence and the Officers' Club.
Date:
September 6, 1943
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
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
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, March 6, 1944]
Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon making conversation and briefly mentioning his graduation from cadet school.
Date:
March 6, 1944
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Training: Instrument Pilot Proficiency
Military pamphlet describing training and certificates necessary to be considered proficient in instrument piloting.
Date:
March 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
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
[Photograph of Eleven WASP and Three Men]
Photograph of eleven members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and three men standing and sitting in front of a building. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge repeats the information written on the back of the photograph.
Date:
May 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.
Date:
June 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
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, 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