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[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Wichita, Kansas to Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #4] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #4]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 31, 1944]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing military experiences, past correspondence, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Date: July 31, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving a pack of cigarettes, flying a fighter from Jackson, MS, to Raleigh and Newark, seeing a show and getting dinner, flying on an airliner at night, picking up a plane from Long Beach, news about her friend Marion, flying in a B-24, and happening to meet an Air Corps private who knew of her through a mutual acquaintance.
Date: October 31, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James D. Palmer to Cornelia Yerkes, May 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from James D. Palmer to Cornelia Yerkes, May 31, 1944]

Letter from James Palmer to Cornelia Yerkes discussing a recent note from her and her time flying as a WASP.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: Palmer, James D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Robert Thompson to Mickey McLernon, January 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Lt. Robert Thompson to Mickey McLernon, January 31, 1944]

Letter from Lieutenant Robert Thompson to Mickey McLernon discussing aviation, weather interfering with classes, and his eyesight. On the back of the envelope is a message that reads " Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country ".
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Thompson, Robert A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell earnings statement] (open access)

[Gayle Snell earnings statement]

Statement of earnings and deductions for WASP Gayle Snell for the pay period ending on May 31, 1944. She was paid $134.40.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Parker Earnings and Deductions Statement, May 31, 1944] (open access)

[Parker Earnings and Deductions Statement, May 31, 1944]

Employee earnings and deductions statement of Woman Airforce Service Pilot, Catherine Parker.
Date: May 31, 1944
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Text
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

[Cornelia Yerkes]

Photograph of WASP Cornelia Yerkes Colby in her service uniform.
Date: March 31, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History