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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
[Special Orders Number 104, Extract 1-2] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extract 1-2]

Special orders for a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots and other personnel to return to specified based for training purposes.
Date: November 20, 1944
Creator: 2563D Army Air Forces Base Unit & Nance, Walter L.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24]

Extracts of several special orders and regulations for both Women Airforce Service Pilots and male pilots ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Munson.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Force Base
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 50, Extracts 7-12] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 50, Extracts 7-12]

Special orders listing station assignments and reporting duties for several male pilots and Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: May 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Force Base (5th Ferrying Group)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to Newark, New Jersey with specifications on the plane model, flight order, and instructions upon arrival at her destination. The order is signed by Captain Joe K. Bailey and Ben Handler for Captain William S. Kirkpatrick.
Date: September 11, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #2] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #2]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an AT-6 aircraft from Dallas, Texas to Spence Field Air Force base in Moultrie, Georgia.
Date: May 29, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #3] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #3]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a P-510 aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to an Air Force base in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders]

Operation orders for several pilots to ferry aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie Texas. The group of pilots listed includes two Women Airforce Service Pilots, Gayle D. Ewing and Virginia Luttrell.
Date: November 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2]

Orders for several Air Force and WASP pilots to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Moultrie, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas. The three WASP pilots are Gayle D. Ewing, Nadine B. Ramsey, and Helen A. Turner.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3] (open access)

[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
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5] (open access)

[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
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #6] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #6]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie, Texas.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #7] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #7]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Grand Prairie, Texas.
Date: March 28, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0108.0121]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Jesse Gordon "Obie" Bristow, former University of Oklahoma football player, was promoted to the rank of major last week at the Childress, Texas army air field."
Date: November 26, 1944
Creator: AAF training command
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from D. A. Abernathy to T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. A. Abernathy to T. N. Carswell - August 4, 1944]

A letter written to Mr. Tommie Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from D. A. Abernathy, Adj, F. A. Post 75, Mineral Wells, Texas, dated August 4, 1944. Abernathy advises of his previous plans to be out of state on vacation at the time of the conference and asks Carswell to serve for him on the Publications Committee at the Fort Worth War Conference.
Date: August 4, 1944
Creator: Abernathy, D. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1944 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1944

Summer session catalog describes the course offerings and general information about Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: March 1944
Creator: Abilene Christian College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1944 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1944

Publication describes the extension department of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: February 1944
Creator: Abilene Christian College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1944-1945 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1944-1945

Catalog describes the governance, history, course offerings, and campus life of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: June 1944
Creator: Abilene Christian College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 1944 (open access)

Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 1944

Yearbook for Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations.
Date: 1944
Creator: Abilene Christian College
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner, August 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner, August 14, 1944]

Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner discussing how the company has placed an order for the necessary material for the trim job.
Date: August 14, 1944
Creator: Adamo, Mike
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner, July 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner, July 18, 1944]

Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner discussing how the company does not have a upholstery workman, as well as the trim number and body number of the car.
Date: July 18, 1944
Creator: Adamo, Mike
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner, September 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner, September 29, 1944]

Letter from Mike Adamo to D. W. Kempner discussing different options for reupholstering Kempner's car.
Date: September 29, 1944
Creator: Adamo, Mike
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History