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[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, 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
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 7, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing her past night in El Paso and Juarez, tacos, flying over mountains, landing at Deming and Phoenix, and staying in Phoenix. Written on Hotel Westward Ho stationary.
Date:
October 7, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Albert Winder on the Hood of a Half-Track]
Photograph of Albert Winder crouching atop the hood of a half-track vehicle. An unknown soldier wearing a helmet is manning a machine gun behind Winder.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Eleven WASP and Three Men]
Photograph of eleven members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and three men standing and sitting in front of a building. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge repeats the information written on the back of the photograph.
Date:
May 6, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History