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[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]

Special Order from Sid C. Pinskton listing the names of women who completed the Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program and are authorized to fly military aircraft.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: 2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Object Type: Text
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. Eleanor McLernon's name can be seen underlined in red on the list.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: 2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Individual Flight Record for Catherine Parker #2] (open access)

[Individual Flight Record for Catherine Parker #2]

Chart listing the flight times of Catherine Parker during day and night, as well hours worked on instrument flying and in the LINK trainer, ain Sweetwater, Texas. A statement on the chart also notes the date she received her instrument flying certification.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Hugh G. & Nance, Walter L.
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying out of Kansas City, news about the invasion of Normandy, her friend Nancy Nesbitt, recent correspondence, flying P-51s at high altitude, books, physical examinations, and her friend Bobby's marriage. Typed on the back of official memo cards.
Date: June 6, 1944, 1:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #1] (open access)

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #1]

Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: Nance, Walter L.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 & 2] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 & 2]

Special orders to a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots for reassignment and pay change.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 - November 6, 1944] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 - November 6, 1944]

Special orders reassigning a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to different stations.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell promotion] (open access)

[Gayle Snell promotion]

Promotion form ordering higher pay for WASP Gayle Snell and changing her designation from trainee to pilot.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Catherine Parker WASP Promotion] (open access)

[Catherine Parker WASP Promotion]

Photocopy of a notice of personnel action from the War Department promoting Catherine Parker from WASP Trainee to Women's Army Service Pilot with new pay-grade.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department. & Ahlgrimm, James A.
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 31, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 31, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 56, Ed. 1 Monday, March 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 56, Ed. 1 Monday, March 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 82, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 82, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 133, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 133, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 154, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 154, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 179, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 179, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 205, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 205, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 230, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 230, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 256, Ed. 1 Monday, November 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 256, Ed. 1 Monday, November 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 271, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 6, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 271, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 6, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History