[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]

Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date: September 9, 1943
Creator: 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders]

Operation orders for several pilots to ferry aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie Texas. The group of pilots listed includes two Women Airforce Service Pilots, Gayle D. Ewing and Virginia Luttrell.
Date: November 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3] (open access)

[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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #5] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #5]

Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for the course two, volume one lesson from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: February 9, 1960
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List February 9, 1965] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List February 9, 1965]

Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for course 3B from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: February 9, 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Report completed by Suzette van Daell] (open access)

[Flight Report completed by Suzette van Daell]

Flight report completed by Suzette van Daell on October 9, 1944. Van Daell completed an inspection of her plane, reporting that the vehicle is performing up to standards and a total number of 1005 hours of flight time. The back of the document includes handwritten notes between Suzette and an unknown contributor, discussing plans for the upcoming night involving a movie, drinking, and clubbing.
Date: August 9, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #3] (open access)

[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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ken Arnold to Charlyne Creger, June 9, 1999] (open access)

[Letter from Ken Arnold to Charlyne Creger, June 9, 1999]

Letter from Ken Arnold to Charlyne Creger requesting information about the Women Ariforce Service Pilots and the Soviet women pilots for The Remembering Project he is working on.
Date: June 9, 1999
Creator: Arnold, Ken
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, December 9, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, December 9, 1942]

Letter from James H. Beall Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing the lack of response from the Defense Plant Corporation and the possibility of meeting with Plosser and Prince.
Date: December 9, 1942
Creator: Beall, James H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, December 9, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from James H. Beall, Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, December 9, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Jas. H. Beall, Jr. to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing holding a meeting due to two previous unanswered letters.
Date: December 9, 1942
Creator: Beall, James H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vickie Christianson to Debra Greene, July 9, 1986] (open access)

[Letter from Vickie Christianson to Debra Greene, July 9, 1986]

Letter from Vickie Christianson to Debra Greene discussing the 1986 reunion and thanking Green on behalf of the WASP reunion committee for promptly obtaining a letter from the Governor to welcome the WASP "home".
Date: July 9, 1986
Creator: Christianson, Vickie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rosa C. Creger to Vernon Strickland, Dec. 9, 1978] (open access)

[Letter from Rosa C. Creger to Vernon Strickland, Dec. 9, 1978]

Letter from Rosa C. Creger to Vernon Strickland discussing WASP military status recognition.
Date: December 9, 1978
Creator: Creger, Rosa C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight School Class Notes] (open access)

[Flight School Class Notes]

Flight school class notes on various aviation topics handwritten by Solange D'Hooghe.
Date: 1941-04-09/1943-06-16
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, April 9, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, April 9, 1945]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon apologizing for not responding, discussing his job, health problems that a sergeant had been experiencing, interactions with the Turkish, and plays he had recently attended.
Date: April 9, 1945
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Allen Drew to Mickey McLernon, February 9, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Allen Drew to Mickey McLernon, February 9, 1944]

Letter from Dr. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing the war, the letters he received from her, and making conversation.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, December 9, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, December 9, 1943]

Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing past correspondence, telling her who Bill Stewart is, that he may come visit her, and making conversation.
Date: December 9, 1943
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram  from Mary K. Fidlar to Charles A. Prince, April 9, 1941] (open access)

[Telegram from Mary K. Fidlar to Charles A. Prince, April 9, 1941]

Telegram from Mary K. Fidlar to Charles A. Prince discussing the changing of personnel at Plosser-Prince Air Academy. Also contains original telegram envelope.
Date: April 9, 1941
Creator: Fidlar, Mary K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Flying right, thanks to one special Air Force major] (open access)

[Clipping: Flying right, thanks to one special Air Force major]

Newspaper clipping describing the experiences of Marjorie Wakeham as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and her great leadership as a major in the U.S. Air Force.
Date: January 9, 1997
Creator: Haplin, Bill
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Huey and Philip Hotel and Supply Company, July 9, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Huey and Philip Hotel and Supply Company, July 9, 1942]

Letter from M. L. Harris of the Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Huey and Philip Hotel and Supply Company re-requesting a price list on a "large quantity of fountain and kitchen supplies" from the company. The first request for such list was sent eight days previous.
Date: July 9, 1942
Creator: Harris, M. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 9, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 9, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing Easter, attending a dance with her friend Bobby Willis, pursuit school washouts and qualifying to fly pursuit planes, horse riding, other WASPs, bills, the next pursuit school class, and trying to arrange a meeting with a friend. Typed on Wells Roberts Hotel (Oklahoma City) stationary.
Date: April 9, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying on an airline from Amarillo to Wichita, and ferrying aircraft.
Date: 1944-01-09?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her mother) discussing recent correspondence, a Christmas package, money, letters from friends, getting leave to come home, seeking a transfer to China, picking up food around Guam, and flying with bomber crews. Typed on American Red Cross stationary.
Date: January 9, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 9, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 9, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a ferrying trip and returning by train. Written on Hotel John Marshal (Richmond) stationary.
Date: March 9, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 9, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 9, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on American Airlines stationary discussing her visit to Newark and a trip to Dallas via Buffalo and Chicago.
Date: May 9, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History