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[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 #4]
Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a PT-13D aircraft from Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, to an Air Force base in Dos Palos, California.
Date:
February 18, 1944
Creator:
555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather for Aircrew Trainees
Textbook titled "Weather for Aircrew Trainees" or "Air Forces Manual No. 6" belonging to Suzette Van Daell. It contains general weather information, as well as specific information regarding temperature, pressure, and thunderstorms.
Date:
February 14, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather for Aircrew Trainees
Textbook titled "Weather for Aircrew Trainees" belonging to Catherine Parker. It contains general weather information, as well as specific information regarding temperature, pressure, and thunderstorms.
Date:
February 14, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #2]
Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing completed her ferry pilot assignment and delivered a PT-13 D model aircraft to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date:
February 18, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #3]
Army delivery receipt certifying that a UC-45 model aircraft was delivered to Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with radio and bomsight equipment.
Date:
February 9, 1944
Creator:
Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP_03-2016-015-210
Copies of three articles on thunderstorms as they relate to aviation by Robert N. Buck, taken from the magazine, Air Facts, and compiled by the contract pilot school at Avenger Field for the use of its students.
Date:
February 11, 1944
Creator:
Buck, Robert N.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker, February 16, 1944]
Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker informing her of an opening for a Women Airforce Service Pilot training class and requesting that she complete and send in her medical examination.
Date:
February 16, 1944
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker, February 26, 1944]
Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker informing her that she has been assigned to training for entering the Women Airforce Service Pilots and highlighting a list of the required paperwork.
Date:
February 26, 1944
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Eleanor McLernon, February 17, 1944]
Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Eleanor McLernon discussing McLernon's application materials.
Date:
February 17, 1944
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jaqueline Cochran to Eleanor McLernon, February 26, 1944]
Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Eleanor McLernon advising her that she has been tentatively accepted to the Women Airforce Service Pilots training program. The letter contains a list of five requirements, three of which are underlined in red. Cochran requests that McLernon complete the underlined items in a timely manner so that Cochran's office can finish processing McLernon's application and officially assign her to the April training class.
Date:
February 26, 1944
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 40, Thursday, February 3, 1944
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
February 3, 1944
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 41, Thursday, February 10, 1944
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
February 10, 1944
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 42, Thursday, February 17, 1944
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
February 17, 1944
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 43, Thursday, February 24, 1944
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
February 24, 1944
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - February 14, 1945]
Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe wishing him a happy St. Valentine's Day. Catherine discusses news from home, including dinner with Mammy and playing with Julie Kate, and asks after Joe's crew on the plane.
Date:
February 14, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 20, 1944]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing a night out drinking with other soldiers, eating dinner at the service club, the weather, a group of boys gambling away their pay, and his appreciation of the beautiful countryside.
Date:
February 20, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - February 22, 1944]
Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his leaving for Nevada, trying to find a place for her to stay if she visits, and drinking a few beers with other soldiers. A portion of text has been removed from the letter.
Date:
February 22, 1944
Creator:
Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Allen Drew to Mickey McLernon, February 9, 1944]
Letter from Dr. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing the war, the letters he received from her, and making conversation.
Date:
February 9, 1944
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, February 17,1944]
Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing life as a Lieutenant.
Date:
February 17, 1944
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, February 25, 1944]
Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon making conversation.
Date:
February 25, 1944
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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 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