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[T-6 Texan U281]

Damaged photograph of a T-6 Texan with the number U281.
Date: 1944~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[5th Ferrying Group Air Transport Command- WASP Roster] (open access)

[5th Ferrying Group Air Transport Command- WASP Roster]

A typed roster listing the names of WASP and the planes each woman is to fly at Love Field, Dallas.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #4] (open access)

[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #4]

Address given by General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces, to the last graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots on December 7, 1944.
Date: 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Forces Student Weather Map #1, January 1 #1]

Army Air Forces student weather map #1 for January 1, 1944, Time 0700C. There are questions on the back of the map. The instructions read: "Draw in missing isobars - Color: fronts, hazards, precipitation, air masses and pressure center letters."
Date: January 1, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Forces Student Weather Map #1, January 1 #2]

Army Air Forces student weather map #1 for January 1, 1944, Time 0700C. There are questions on the back of the map. The instructions read: "Draw in missing isobars - Color: fronts, hazards, precipitation, air masses and pressure center letters."
Date: January 1, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Forces Student Weather Map #2, January 1]

Army Air Forces student weather map #2 for January 1, 1944, Time 1900C. There are questions on the back of the map. The instructions read: "Draw in missing isobars - Color: fronts, hazards, precipitation, air masses and pressure center letters."
Date: January 1, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Army Form Instructions] (open access)

[Army Form Instructions]

Small, ripped piece of paper with instructions for Catherine Parker to fill out her height and weight on four copies of a form. On the back is the date, 1944, and the word "Lieutenant", handwritten three times.
Date: 1944
Creator: Central Dispensary, Lackland Air Force Base
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-4 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-4

Book documenting the 44-W-4 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date: 1944
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-7 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-7

Book documenting the 44-W-7 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date: 1944
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-8 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-8

Book documenting the 44-W-8 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date: 1944
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-9 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-9

Book documenting the 44-W-9 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date: 1944
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-10 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-10

Book documenting the 44-W-10 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date: 1944
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aviation Cadet Examining Boards (open access)

Aviation Cadet Examining Boards

A list of boards in western states for examining aviation cadets for entry into the USAAF training.
Date: 1944~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Banking USAAF biplane]

Photograph of a US Army Air Force biplane in a steep left bank. The wing braces on the photographer's aircraft obscure the left foreground.
Date: 1944~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplane in a Field]

Photograph of a biplane in a field with two people in the cockpit. The back of the photo reads "Greetings from Mr. Williams (my instructor) and C---"
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brown in Flight Suit]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown dressed in a flight and carrying several items, including what appears to be a map. She is seen standing in a dirt road outside of a building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carol Nicholson with Biplane]

Photograph of WASP trainee Carol Nicholson standing in her flying gear with a Stearman primary trainer with number "U69."
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carol Nickilson in Biplane Cockpit]

Photograph of student WASP Carol Nickilson of training class 44-W-7 with a parachute, entering or exiting the cockpit of a Stearman primary trainer on its port side. The fire extinguisher compartment is clearly visible.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Catherine Parker Written Exam Results] (open access)

[Catherine Parker Written Exam Results]

Results for Catherine Parker's written examination from the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Date: January 1944
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger ca. 1944]

Portrait of Charlyne Creger while she was in the WASP, wearing a leather bomber jacket with Fifinella on it and her flight goggles on her head, posing in front of a neutral background.
Date: 1944~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger in Jacket and Goggles]

Portraitof Charlyne Creger wearing her leather bomber jacket with Fifinella on the left breast and her flight goggles on top of her head. At the bottom the picture there is a typewritten text that reads "Charlyne Creger WW II Women Airforce Service Pilots" with an image of the diamond wings.
Date: 1944~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger in Western Wear]

Portrait of Charlyne Creger wearing Western wear, including a cowboy hat and gun holster, in front of a light background.
Date: 1944~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Demobilizing of Wasps Will Cost Nation Million] (open access)

[Clipping: Demobilizing of Wasps Will Cost Nation Million]

Newspaper clipping of column written by Gill Robb Wilson against the demobilization of the WASP program. Wilson argues that the United States is no position to lose two hundred experienced pilots and that training men to replace them will involve considerable effort and expense.
Date: 1944
Creator: Wilson, Gill Robb
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Former 37'er Wears Wings of a WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: Former 37'er Wears Wings of a WASP]

Newspaper clipping announcing that Rosa Charlyne Creger received her WASP wings at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas as part of the final class of the Women Airforce Service Pilots( U.S.).
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History