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[Gayle Snell Graduation Award] (open access)

[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]

Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: Aviation Enterprises, Limited
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Honorable Service for Gayle Snell] (open access)

[Certificate of Honorable Service for Gayle Snell]

A certificate signed by General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cochran affirming that Gayle Snell completed pilot training to become a WASP.
Date: November 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Headquarters
System: The Portal to Texas History
[United States Army Quartermaster Corps medical supply receipt] (open access)

[United States Army Quartermaster Corps medical supply receipt]

A memorandum receipt for "medical supplies" from a US Army quartermaster depot, listing issued items including a dresser, a mattress, bedding, a lamp, a chair, and a table.
Date: November 10, 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell's Flight Training Diploma] (open access)

[Gayle Snell's Flight Training Diploma]

Diploma given to Gayle Snell at Avenger Field upon graduating from flight training as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: Ward, Roy D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from War Department to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944] (open access)

[Envelope from War Department to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]

Envelope from the War Department sent to Gayle Snell.
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #2] (open access)

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #2]

Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: Whitaker, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell officers' mess statement] (open access)

[Gayle Snell officers' mess statement]

A credit statement given to Gayle Snell by the Independence Army Air Field officers' mess, showing that she owed $20.00 for dining, laundry, and other services.
Date: November 28, 1944
Creator: Independence Army Air Field Officer's Mess
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award] (open access)

[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]

Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: Aviation Enterprises, Limited
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]

Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: 2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell] (open access)

[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell]

USAAF order indicating Gayle Snell's promotion from trainee to pilot, raising her pay, and rebasing her from Avenger Field to Independence Field.
Date: November 7, 1944
Creator: Taylor, C. O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell earnings statement] (open access)

[Gayle Snell earnings statement]

Statement of earnings and deduction for WASP Gayle Snell for the pay period ending November 30, 1944.
Date: November 30, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History