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[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
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Allen Stafford, March 12, 1999
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Allen Stafford, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kiowa County, Oklahoma, who served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment. Stafford discusses his early life, working in Texas oil fields, enlisting and training, deployment to the China-Burma-India Theater and reorganization as an infantry unit, combat operations with the Japanese around the Burma Road, and returning to the United States.
Date:
March 12, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Stafford, Allen E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Keep 'Em Flying booklet]
Book issued to flying cadets, including information such as officer personnel, student officers, cadet of the class of June 1942, and details of cadet life.
Date:
June 1942
Creator:
Austin, Garth G.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aviation Cadet Club Membership Card]
Membership card to the Aviation Cadet Club belonging to Frank W. Gardner. The front of the card says: "Aviation Cadet Club Official Membership Card. This is to certify that the bearer F. W. Gardner is a member in good standing of the Aviation Cadet Club and is entitled to all privileges and benefits as such. Youngblood Hotel, Enid, Oklahoma. Club Phone ---, Date 7-11-42." The back of the cards reads: "I agree to fulfill my obligations to the Aviation Cadet Club and to abide by its rules and regulations. Unless revoked for any reason, this card entitles the bearer, as an aviation cadet, to membership in the Aviation Cadet Club for a period of one year from date of issue."
Date:
July 11, 1942
Creator:
Aviation Cadet Club
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Handwritten Autobiography]
Autobiographical essay handwritten by Charlyne Creger, describing major events in her life and career.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Creger Personal Narrative Draft]
Handwritten draft of a personal narrative written by Charlene Creger for inclusion in a WASP publication. She describes how she became part of the WASP program and some aspects of life on the homefront.
Date:
1999
Creator:
Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]
Draft of an autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot, how it led to her career as a nurse and anesthesiologist and her travels in the later years of her life. Correction notes are handwritten in a few places.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Essay by Charlyne Creger]
Photocopy of an essay by Charlyne Creger describing how her life was impacted by World War II and recalling what led her to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots. A few grammar corrections have been written in red ink on the page. The original copy appears to have been bound in a book.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger, December, 1995]
Letter from Charlyne Creger discussing the past year's activities, such as traveling, seeing old friends, attending WASP events, and visiting her sister, Violet.
Date:
December 1995
Creator:
Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WWII Registry of Remembrances Form]
Form filled out by Charlyne Creger to register herself in the World War II Registry of Remembrances in Washington D.C.
Date:
2000
Creator:
Creger, Charlyne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. H. Dausey, June 1, 1986]
Letter from W. H. Dausey discussing the BFGoodrich booth set up and advertisement at the OADA auction in Oklahoma City.
Date:
June 1, 1986
Creator:
Dausey, W. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, February 8, 1945]
Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon apologizing for not responding, discussing how busy he is in New York, her job near Greensboro, North Carolina, potential travel, and wishing her a happy Valentine's Day.
Date:
February 8, 1945
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
High Pitch, Volume 1, Number 3, Class 42-H
Booklet compiled by class 42-H at the Enid Army Flying School, including articles and photographs of the class, school, and town, as well as jokes and excerpts from other publications.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Enid Army Air Field (Okla.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Norman High School Yearbook, 1936]
Norman High School yearbook from 1936 that belonged to Rosa Charlyne Creger. A handwritten list of the book's editors is written inside the front cover and several signatures from students and faculty are written inside the back cover and throughout the pages.
Date:
1936
Creator:
Gable, Jack; Fulkerson, Grover; Scott, Rebekah; Holland, LeRoy; Shannon, Esther Beth; Johnson, Earl et al.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot Lands Meeting With Janet Reno]
Copy of a newspaper clipping describing Charlyne Creger's invitation to meet former Attorney General, Janet Reno in regards to the Women in Military Service Memorial program.
Date:
September 19, 1997
Creator:
Jackson, Leonard
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pilot Lands Meeting With Janet Reno]
Newspaper clipping describing Charlyne Creger's invitation to meet former Attorney General, Janet Reno in regards to the Women in Military Service Memorial program. There are several advertisements and articles included on this clipping.
Date:
September 19, 1997
Creator:
Jackson, Leonard
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987
Interview with Charley Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Elmore City, Oklahoma. Pryor discusses joining the Marine Corps, operations with the North China Marines in Tsingtao, interactions with Japanese troops before the war, surviving the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30), being captured and participating in a Japanese landing on Java, thoughts on Japanese soldiers and military life, experiences working on the Burma Railway in Thailand, experiences in internment at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and a camp at Kachanaburi in Thailand, liberation, and postwar service.
Date:
December 5, 1987
Creator:
Jones, Waller F. & Pryor, Charley L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mary Jones-Wilkinson to Charlyne Creger, August 28, 2002]
Letter from Mary Jones-Wilkinson to Charlyne Creger discussing details of her invitation to the Oklahoma Air & Space Museum for the Awards Ceremony. The letter states the event details, dress attire and travel accommodations.
Date:
August 28, 2002
Creator:
Jones-Wilkinson, Mary
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 31, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Wichita, being grounded by a snowstorm, picking up Cessnas for delivery, trying to find a Parker 51 pen, food, and recent correspondence. Written on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date:
December 31, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 14, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being unable to deliver a plane due to bad winter weather, her friend Marion, new uniforms, and gifts from and letters to Dick Colby's mother. Typed on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date:
January 14, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 18, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a phone call with a friend, flying a P-40, meeting with a Rev. Johnson, papers, and traveling. Written on San Juan Hotel (Orlando) stationary.
Date:
1944-07-18?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, late 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying in bad weather, and spending time in Oklahoma City and Wichita. Written on Wells Roberts Hotel stationary.
Date:
1943-24~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 8, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on hotel stationary, discussing a trip from Tulsa to Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Date:
March 18, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History