Award for Civilian Service (open access)

Award for Civilian Service

Cloth Army Air Forces Emblem seen attached to the bottom left corner of a certificate awarding the emblem to Eleanor McLernon for civilian service.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces Pilot School
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleven WASP at Napier Field]

Group photograph of eleven WASP standing outside of a building at Napier Field. Each woman is wearing a beret, a dark jacket, a light-colored shirt, a dark tie, a dark skirt, and dark shoes. The note in the bottom right corner of the photograph says, "W.A.S.P., AAFEFTC, Napier Field, Dothan, Alabama, Dec. 1944."
Date: December 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944 (open access)

WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944

Partial WASP newsletter from a base in Maxwell Field, Alabama, announcing the death of a WASP Staff Executive, Katherine Dussaq, who was a key member in planning reemployment possibilities for WASP after deactivation. Dussaq perished in a plane crash when her AT-6 went down on her way to Cincinnati. Attached after the newsletter is a pilot's log page belonging to Betty Jo Streff.
Date: December 1, 1944
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Examination Answer Sheet #2] (open access)

[Blank Examination Answer Sheet #2]

Blank answer sheet for an Air Force correspondence course examination, along with an envelope from Gunter Air Force Base.
Date: December 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Examination Answer Sheet] (open access)

[Examination Answer Sheet]

Blank answer sheet for an Air Force correspondence course examination, along with an envelope from Gunter Air Force Base.
Date: December 1962
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett, Dec 7, 2009] (open access)

[Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett, Dec 7, 2009]

Letter from Barney Driscoll to Lt. Col. Al Bennett discussing a copy of the history of the WASP that was enclosed and the veterans museum in Huntsville, Texas.
Date: December 7, 2009
Creator: Driscoll, Barney
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #4] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #4]

Shipping list of correspondence course items for the course two, volume two lesson plan from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History