Award for Civilian Service (open access)

Award for Civilian Service

Cloth Army Air Forces Emblem seen attached to the bottom left corner of a certificate awarding the emblem to Eleanor McLernon for civilian service.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces Pilot School
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Card from Marion Barnwell to Mickey McLernon, December 16, 1944] (open access)

[Christmas Card from Marion Barnwell to Mickey McLernon, December 16, 1944]

Christmas card from Marion Barnwell to Mickey McLernon. The front of the card includes the phrase "Season's Greetings" and an illustration of an airplane in mid-flight. The inside of the card includes another illustration with the message "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" and a handwritten note that reads, "I will be in S. A. Christmas - Will try to call you. Barney."
Date: December 16, 1944
Creator: Barnwell, Marion P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Airman Certificate] (open access)

[Eleanor McLernon Airman Certificate]

Airman certificate showing that Eleanor McLernon is qualified to perform the duties of commercial pilot.
Date: December 21, 1944
Creator: Hudson, D. K.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Rating Record] (open access)

[Eleanor McLernon Rating Record]

Pilot rating document certifying that Eleanor McLernon is qualified to fly single engine aircraft between 110 and 825 horsepower.
Date: December 21, 1944
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleven WASP at Napier Field]

Group photograph of eleven WASP standing outside of a building at Napier Field. Each woman is wearing a beret, a dark jacket, a light-colored shirt, a dark tie, a dark skirt, and dark shoes. The note in the bottom right corner of the photograph says, "W.A.S.P., AAFEFTC, Napier Field, Dothan, Alabama, Dec. 1944."
Date: December 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #3] (open access)

[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #3]

Women Airforce Service Pilots pay stub for Eleanor McLernon from the Department of Training.
Date: December 31, 1944
Creator: War Department (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran] (open access)

[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]

War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History