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[Clipping: "The WASPS"]
Magazine clipping comparing how safe the WASP were compared to the entire United States, Virginia Moffett's service with the WASP, and the amount of hours they logged.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS]
Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Instrument Flight Test Certificate]
Certificate showing that flight officer Paul A. Hill passed the instrument flight test at Long Beach Army Air Field.
Date:
April 16, 1944
Creator:
United States Army
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 25, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying P-51s, a hurricane and bad weather, and a friend's divorce. Written on Neil House (Columbus, Ohio) stationary.
Date:
1944-08-25?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 27-28, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Long Beach, food, landing in El Paso with a major crosswind and nearly colliding with another plane, staying the night in El Paso, and flying on to Midland.
Date:
1944-08-27/1944-08-28
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 7, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing going to Long Beach to pick up a P-51, her friends Bobby and Marion, shipping and packages, and plans for after the WASP are disbanded. Written on American Red Cross stationary.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her father) discussing being grounded due to weather, a letter from the recipient and bonds, cigarettes, mail, finances, flying a new plane out of Long Beach, Army regulations, and her friends Bobby and Marion. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date:
January 26, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 10, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, probably to one of her parents, discussing the recipient's birthday, trying to find a gift for them, and hoping for a chance to visit them in Jacksonville.
Date:
July 10, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 23, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing spending several nights on American Airlines, letters, New York City, and ferrying aircraft across the country. Written on American Airlines stationary.
Date:
June 23, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 24, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a P-51. Written on Hilton Hotel stationary.
Date:
June 24, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 25, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her day, getting a radio fixed, flying, and being grounded due to a tornado. Written on Hilton Hotel (Long Beach) stationary.
Date:
1944-06-25?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing problems with bad weather and flying, seeing a friend, recent correspondence, and where she had recently flown. Written on United Air Lines stationary.
Date:
March 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 24, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting in a Navy operations office in California, a ride in a B-17, and visiting Los Angeles.
Date:
1944-11-24?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 5, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a night flight to Dallas, flying P-51s, her ex-husband, getting a steak, spending the night in Long Beach, seeing new parts of the American southwest, and commercial pilot licenses.
Date:
October 5, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 6, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a P-51 from Long Beach to El Centro, living accommodations in Long Beach, and her busy schedule. Typed on Mayo Hotel (Tulsa) stationary.
Date:
October 6, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 22, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing getting planes to fly, news about friends, and plans for work after the WASP are disbanded. Typed on Hotel Frances (Marion, LA) stationary.
Date:
October 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 25-26, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, a road trip across the southwest, visiting Los Angeles, reuniting with her friend Bobby, and waiting for orders. Written on American Airlines stationary.
Date:
1944-10-25/1944-10-26
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing a her recent work and travels. Written on Jackson Army Air Base Officers' Club stationary.
Date:
October 29, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving a pack of cigarettes, flying a fighter from Jackson, MS, to Raleigh and Newark, seeing a show and getting dinner, flying on an airliner at night, picking up a plane from Long Beach, news about her friend Marion, flying in a B-24, and happening to meet an Air Corps private who knew of her through a mutual acquaintance.
Date:
October 31, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 6, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent flying, being grounded in Long Beach by bad weather, borrowing a typewriter, mud, a large batch of fighters to be ferried to South America, dreams, and beds.
Date:
September 6, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 7, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing treating a bad tooth ache, ferrying aircraft, and a pilot friend getting an award.
Date:
1944-09-07?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Gayle Snell, March 8, 1944]
Letter from Jackie Cochran to Gayle Snell discussing her entrance into a WASP training class and the need to defer her to a later one. There are several doodles penciled on the paper.
Date:
March 8, 1944
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul E. Cannon to Gayle M. Snell, December 22, 1944]
Letter from CAA inspector Paul E. Cannon to Gayle Snell regarding retaking her instrument rating flight test. Envelope is included.
Date:
December 22, 1944
Creator:
Cannon, Paul E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Military Poll Committee to Women Airforce Service Pilots, 1944]
Letter from the Military Poll Committee sent to WASPs asking for their opinion on whether they would like a commission as a rated flying officer in the Woman's Army Corps, following the termination of the WASP program. The letter lists the pros and cons of such an option and gives instructions on how to respond.
Date:
1944-12~
Creator:
Military Poll Committee
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History