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[Clipping: Second Class Graduates]
Newspaper clipping describing the maintenance process for the airplanes used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The clipping also describes the renovations at Avenger Field's Medical Department and graduation ceremony for the class of 43-W-2.
Date:
June 28, 1943
Creator:
Buchner, Faith & Helburn, Margaret
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Class 3 Achieves First Goal]
Newspaper clipping describing the quality of the parachutes used at Avenger Field and the Link training process for the WASPs. The clipping also provides details about the graduation ceremony for the Women AIrforce Service Pilots, class of 43-W-3.
Date:
July 26, 1943
Creator:
Clements, Betty; Seip, Margaret & Baumgartner, Ann
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 24, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent travels, issues with government forms, and differences between Sweetwater and Houston. Typed on Blue Bonnet Hotel (Sweetwater) stationary.
Date:
February 24, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943
First issue of The Avenger, a newsletter by the WASPs at Avenger Field featuring news, cartoons, essays, and photos.
Date:
May 11, 1943
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 9, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing recent correspondence, visiting friends, Phil Kafka, Sweetwater, her living accommodations, flying, Jacqueline Cochran, and check flights.
Date:
March 9, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History