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[43-W-4 Trainees in Formation]
Photograph of trainees with WASP class 43-W-4 standing in formation at Avenger Field. Behind them are two AT-6 trainers. A guide-on bearer carries a flag with a "B" on it.
Date:
Summer 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4
Letter with envelope announcing the graduation of 318th FTD Class 43-W-4 at Avenger Field, the members of which became Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
[..1943-08-07]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. 318th Flying Training Detachment
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Charles A. Prince]
Affidavit of Charles A. Prince regarding his being the attorney to a Mr. Ernest A. Hall during 1939 and 1940 during the promotion of a motion picture entitled "Wake Up America to Indecency."
Date:
June 25, 1943
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, 318th AAFFTD Class 43-W-6 and 43-W-7
Book documenting the 43-W-6 and 43-W-7 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5
Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5
Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5
Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5
Book documenting the 44-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
December 7, 1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1943
Biweekly newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas, published for the personnel of Avenger Field, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 3, 1943
Creator:
Berry, Ann & Baughman, Betty
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1943
Biweekly newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas, published for the personnel of Avenger Field, that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 8, 1943
Creator:
Berry, Ann & Baughman, Betty
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger, Volume 1, Issue 1, May 11, 1943
Copy of the first issue of The Avenger, the newspaper made for WASP in Avenger field. Articles about Jacqueline Cochran, a letter from a German spy to the Gestapo, Avenger Field, and more are included.
Date:
May 11, 1943
Creator:
Bowles, Mary A.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943
First issue of The Avenger, a newsletter by the WASPs at Avenger Field featuring news, cartoons, essays, and photos.
Date:
May 11, 1943
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biplane Flying in Formation]
Photograph of a Stearman primary trainer biplane flying on the port side of the photographer's plane. Two pilots are visible in their respective cockpits.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]
A receipt from the Blue Bonnet Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas, totaling at $2.50 for a room.
Date:
March 22, 1943
Creator:
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes]
Photograph of four WASPs near an aircraft wing, all wearing flight suits. From left to right: Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes.
Date:
Summer 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]
A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"
Date:
June 17, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars Parked Outside Avenger Field Administration Building]
Photograph of various late-1930s and early-1940s cars parked outside of an administration building at Avenger Field. The building is lettered "Aviation Enterprises Ltd." and has a statue on top of it.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Elimination, April 1943]
Text certifying that five women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March and April 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person; one name has been stricken from the list with a handwritten note.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
McConnell, Landon E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Elimination, March 1943]
Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date:
March 25, 1943
Creator:
McConnell, Landon E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Pilot Trainees Eliminated in March 1943]
Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) on March 31, 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date:
April 6, 1943
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Change of Personnel Status for Dora G. Bevis]
A notice for Dora G. Bevis informing her of changes in her military status, including upgrades to her salary and list of duties, as well as a transition from student pilot to civilian pilot.
Date:
September 24, 1943
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to E. L. Bauknight, May 23, 1943]
Check for $27.25 paid to E. L. Bauknight by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for a witness expense.
Date:
May 23, 1943
Creator:
Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to Irby & Dineen, May 24, 1943]
Check for $1,972.80 paid to Irby & Dineen by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for a reporting case at Abilene, Texas.
Date:
May 24, 1943
Creator:
Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943]
Check for $250 paid to J. M. Wagstaff by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for expenses on trial at Abilene, Texas.
Date:
May 27, 1943
Creator:
Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History