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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, September 4, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, September 4, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing burning her hand, flying across the country at night, the P-51, news from home, her divorce, rumors about the future of the WASPs, the book Bombers Across, flying to the Pacific Northwest, and a rough flight on an airliner.
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 4, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 4, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing mechanical difficulties with an airplane, dinner with an Air Corps lieutenant, typing reports, flying to and from Newark, more mechanical problems, and waiting to travel to New York and Dallas.
Date: December 4, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
System: The Portal to Texas History