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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 2, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Shreveport to Love Field, applying for pursuit training, flying basic trainers, mechanical issues, and recent correspondence. Written on Delta Air Lines stationary.
Date:
February 2, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 5, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent work ferrying aircraft. Written on Delta Air Lines stationary.
Date:
February 5, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 22, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing meeting a private from Jacksonville, flying, and seeing Pike's Peak. Written on Texas Zephyr stationary.
Date:
February 22, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 20, 1944]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing check flights and getting her instrument rating at Army Air Force pursuit school. Typed on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date:
February 20, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 23, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes written on Kemp Hotel (Wichita Falls) stationary, discussing ferrying an aircraft.
Date:
1944-02-23?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 12, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her frustration with pursuit school, new socks, and some news about friends. Typed on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date:
February 12, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, February 18, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her father, discussing her mother, not being able to see her friend Margaret Metz, finances, having to use Link Trainers, her instructors, check flights in large aircraft, flying in bad weather, the kinds of people becoming pilots, and uniforms. Typed on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date:
February 18, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 21, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing orders to ferry a plane from Colorado Springs, getting a train there, and recent correspondence. Written on Braniff Airways stationary.
Date:
February 21, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supervisor's Rating Scale for LITIS
A blank form for evaluating instructor pilots' performance, with a typed note at the top by Cornelia Yerkes. The evaluation covers several personal aspects about the instructor, including enthusiasm, cooperation, professionalism, and similar factors.
Date:
1944-02-02?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 13, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being weathered-in, a visit to her unit from Jackie Cochran, new uniforms, civilian clothes, making WASPs part of the Army Air Corps, the possibility of foreign duty, and correspondence. Typed on Hotel Heidelberg (Jackson) stationary.
Date:
February 13, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 25-27, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, uniform items, the future of the WASP program, being grounded by bad weather, and delivering a P-51. Typed on Kemp Hotel (Wichita Falls) stationary.
Date:
1944-02-25/1944-02-27
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 28, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting for good weather in Shreveport, getting dinner, flying in bad weather and delivering a plane to Jackson MS, and waiting for a return flight.
Date:
February 28, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, February 8, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing their recent trip, check flights, further training and pursuit school (for flying fighters), and recent flying. Written on Hotel Heidelberg stationary.
Date:
February 8, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History