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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (RI) 5060
A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 5060, 4-8-4, on eastbound freight leaving town, near the station, Topeka, KS. [see also 2008.008.6761]
Date:
January 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Examination Certificate on Flying Regulations for Gayle Snell, 1944]
Certificate for Gayle Snell verifying that she passed her exam in IAAF flying regulations.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0240.0445]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Santa Fe (ATSF) 2910
A photograph print showing Santa Fe 2910, 4-8-4, Topeka, KS.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Santa Fe (ATSF) 3753
A photograph print showing Santa Fe 3753, 4-8-4, taking on water, Topeka, KS.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Santa Fe (ATSF) 3781
A photograph print showing Santa Fe 3781, 4-8-4, Topeka, KS.
Date:
1944
Creator:
W. A. G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 8, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Hutson Hotels stationary, discussing flying a Cessna to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, her current layover in Amarillo and pending trip back to Wichita. In postcript, she asks the recipient to send a friend a fruit box.
Date:
January 8, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 14, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being unable to deliver a plane due to bad winter weather, her friend Marion, new uniforms, and gifts from and letters to Dick Colby's mother. Typed on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date:
January 14, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft and trouble with weather, flying between Dallas, Wichita, Pampa, and Walnut Ridge, her friends, and food. Written on Hotel Chisca (Memphis) starionary.
Date:
January 20, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1142.0248]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Let to right, H.J. Leslie, Andy Koettker, S. R. Sachin, standing, left to right, R. Wagle, Watt White, T. C. "Pat" Murphy."
Date:
January 23, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma 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
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5]
Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Wichita, Kansas.
Date:
January 27, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. R. Atchison to Blanche Perry]
Envelope and letter from H. R. Atchison of the Church of Christ in Wellington, Kansas to Perry describing church interior in preparation for a baptistry painting.
Date:
January 27, 1944
Creator:
Atchison, H. R.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[AAF Pilot School (Basic) Operations Memorandum, January 28, 1944]
A memorandum from the operations office at Independence Army Air Field discussing reports of "padding" of flying time. The memo is signed by Gayle Snell.
Date:
January 28, 1944
Creator:
Taylor, Bryant
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Order #6]
Orders for several Air Force Pilots and WASP to ferry aircraft from Wichita Kansas to air bases in various U.S. cities.
Date:
January 28, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8]
Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Wichita, Kansas to Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date:
January 31, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Robert Thompson to Mickey McLernon, January 31, 1944]
Letter from Lieutenant Robert Thompson to Mickey McLernon discussing aviation, weather interfering with classes, and his eyesight. On the back of the envelope is a message that reads " Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country ".
Date:
January 31, 1944
Creator:
Thompson, Robert A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #4]
Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date:
January 31, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]
Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date:
February 9, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #3]
Army delivery receipt certifying that a UC-45 model aircraft was delivered to Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with radio and bomsight equipment.
Date:
February 9, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #4]
Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a PT-13D aircraft from Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, to an Air Force base in Dos Palos, California.
Date:
February 18, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #2]
Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered a PT-13 D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date:
February 18, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Santa Fe (ATSF) 1633
A photograph print showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 1633, 2-10-2, on freight train, Topeka, KS.
Date:
February 22, 1944
Creator:
W. A. G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 3, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent orders for ferrying aircraft, different types of aircraft, and not being able to get a check ride. Typed on Kemp Hotel (Wichita) stationary.
Date:
March 3, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History