Resource Type

[Control Tower at Avenger Field]

Photograph of a control tower at Avenger Field with the text "Plosser-Prince Air Academy" on the front of it and a plane and two trucks visible on the left.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hangar at Avenger Field]

Photograph of a hangar and airfield tower at Avenger Field; there are no airplanes on the tarmac or in the hangar but a car is visible in the background on the right side.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Planes and Hangar at Avenger Field]

Photograph of two planes in front of a hangar at Avenger Field; there is a large object in between the planes and a control tower is visible on the right side.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trainee Sitting on Edge of Wishing Well]

Photocopy of a Woman Airforce Service Pilot trainee sitting on the edge of a wishing well after being dunked in the water. Descriptive text is printed below the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Drenched from Well]

Photograph of a Woman Airforce Service Pilot seen from the neck down wearing wet coveralls, having been dunked into the Avenger Field wishing well behind her.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman and Avenger Field Sign]

Photograph of a woman holding a cane standing next to a sign with an image of Fifinella that reads "Avenger Field Sweetwater. Home of the WASP'S 1942-1944. Built 1929- Elev. -2378." There is another sign that says "Cessna Pilot Center," several cars, and a building in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman at Avenger Field]

Photograph of a woman wearing a purple windbreaker standing in front of a metal shed with a sign featuring Fifinella over a globe and reading "Avenger Field." There is another woman on the left and an empty airfield in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman on Stage at Avenger Field]

Photograph of a young woman wearing a dark dress (possibly Jaqueline Cochran) holding a piece of paper and standing on a stage with several people on the left and a crowd of people sitting on the Avenger Field tower in the background; she appears to be reading or preparing to read a speech.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History