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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 2002 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 2002

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 2008 (open access)

The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 27, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History