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[Aeronautical Chart of Abilene]
Aeronautical chart with various pieces of aviation information for flight and descent over Abilene. A handwritten note at the bottom edge reads, "Revised 8-25-44 for contact practice, Inst. Board."
Date:
August 25, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Savings Bond Form, April 25, 1944]
War savings bond form filled out by Catherine Parker, in which she lists Mrs. Madeline E. Parker as her beneficiary.
Date:
April 25, 1944
Creator:
Parker, Catherine
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24]
Extracts of several special orders and regulations for both Women Airforce Service Pilots and male pilots ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Munson.
Date:
July 25, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Force Base
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #3]
Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a P-510 aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to an Air Force base in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Date:
July 25, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #6]
Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie, Texas.
Date:
July 25, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, February 25, 1944]
Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon making conversation.
Date:
February 25, 1944
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon, February 25, 1944]
Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon discussing his flight training, the weather, and other news.
Date:
February 25, 1944
Creator:
Werner, D. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Training Certificate for Gayle Ewing]
Certificate from the Air Force showing that Gayle D. Ewing completed her Women Airforce Service Pilot training.
Date:
August 25, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 50, Extracts 7-12]
Special orders listing station assignments and reporting duties for several male pilots and Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
May 25, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Force Base (5th Ferrying Group)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her day, getting a radio fixed, flying, and being grounded due to a tornado. Written on Hilton Hotel (Long Beach) stationary.
Date:
1944-06-25?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 25-26, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, a road trip across the southwest, visiting Los Angeles, reuniting with her friend Bobby, and waiting for orders. Written on American Airlines stationary.
Date:
1944-10-25/1944-10-26
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 25, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing having issues flying across the country due to bad weather.
Date:
May 25, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 25, 1944]
Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing trying to get out of Kansas City. The postcard features an image of the Sky View Dining Room at the Hotel Lenox in Buffalo.
Date:
November 25, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 25, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing having two Thanksgiving dinners, reading mail, orders, traveling, family and friends, magazines, needing a Parker 51 fountain pen, her father's health, and pictures. Written on Alberts Hotel stationary.
Date:
1944-11-25?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 25, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying P-51s, a hurricane and bad weather, and a friend's divorce. Written on Neil House (Columbus, Ohio) stationary.
Date:
1944-08-25?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 25, 1944]
Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her recent flying. The postcard features an image of a silver Douglas DC-3 with red trim in flight.
Date:
August 25, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 25-27, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, uniform items, the future of the WASP program, being grounded by bad weather, and delivering a P-51. Typed on Kemp Hotel (Wichita Falls) stationary.
Date:
1944-02-25/1944-02-27
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History