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[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 3 - November 6, 1944]
Special orders reassigning a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to different stations.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Base Unit, 2563rd.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #1]
Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Nance, Walter L.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 13, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Camden AK to Dallas, waiting for clearance to continue on from Dallas but being delayed, and flying open-cockpit aircraft.
Date:
November 13, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 8, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing not being able to deliver a P-51 due to weather, the 1944 presidential election, family news, thoughts on Texans and southerners, her grandfather's health and 90th birthday, Jackie Cochran, Cornelia's reputation among WASPs, changing her name with the Civil Service, and the end of the WASP. Typed on Sheraton Hotel stationary.
Date:
November 8, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. K. Yount to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]
Letter sent from Lt. Gen. B. K. Yount, commander of USAAF Training Command, to WASP Gayle Snell offering well-wishes to WASPs and thanking them for their service.
Date:
November 27, 1944
Creator:
Yount, Barton Kyle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 27, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing having Thanksgiving dinner on American Airlines, staying in the Hotel Scharbauer in Midland, winter weather in West Texas, a ball at the hotel, recent letters, shows she'd like to see, and flying. Written on Hotel Scharbauer stationary.
Date:
November 27, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T.C. memorandum certificate]
A certificate signed by WASP Gayle Snell affirming that she read "T. C. Memorandum 62-10."
Date:
November 9, 1944
Creator:
Snell, Gayle M.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell promotion]
Promotion form ordering higher pay for WASP Gayle Snell and changing her designation from trainee to pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Honorable Service for Gayle Snell]
A certificate signed by General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cochran affirming that Gayle Snell completed pilot training to become a WASP.
Date:
November 1944
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Headquarters
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 24, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flowers, riding a train to Dallas, orders, recent correspondence, the end of the WASP program, and preparing to fly to Kansas City. Written on the Sheraton Hotel stationary.
Date:
November 24, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 25, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing having two Thanksgiving dinners, reading mail, orders, traveling, family and friends, magazines, needing a Parker 51 fountain pen, her father's health, and pictures. Written on Alberts Hotel stationary.
Date:
1944-11-25?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, November 23, 1944]
Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing recent work ferrying a P-40. The postcard is part of the Medici Society Herb Garden Series and features a drawing of lad's love and lungwort and facts about each.
Date:
November 23, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Avenger Girls Pulled Plenty of Leather When Their Horses Dashed From Snyder Arena]
Newspaper clipping discussing WASP trainees at Avenger Field participating in a rodeo, featuring an image of a class marching on the tarmac with trainer aircraft parked in the background. On the back is an excerpt discussing the Allied bombing of Vatican City, a picture of Nora and Frank Bradney on horseback, opposition to a Texas "maternity aid" plan, and an advertisement for a supplement intended to relieve period cramps.
Date:
1943-11?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 15, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying planes from Dallas, coffee, staying at Abilene Army Air Base, and recent correspondence.
Date:
1943-11-15?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell's Flight Training Diploma]
Diploma given to Gayle Snell at Avenger Field upon graduating from flight training as a Women Airforce Service Pilot.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Ward, Roy D.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?]
Letter from WASP Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell discussing a recent memorial event at Avenger Field. Typed on Women Air Force Service Pilots, World War II stationary.
Date:
1993-11-30?
Creator:
Bartlett, Julia Lamm
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Graduation Award]
Certificate issued by Aviation Enterprises, Ltd., to Gayle Snell upon her graduation from WASP training at Avenger Field.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
Aviation Enterprises, Limited
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 18, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying across Texas, including issues with weather, lodging, and related events. Written on Alberts Hotels stationary.
Date:
1943-11-18?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 11, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing having to spend the night in Decatur, GA, with an Army officer's family due to a mechanical issue with her plane, flying out, getting a P-63, and encountering a friend. Typed on Hotel Sheraton stationary.
Date:
November 11, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 29, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a Lt. Hawthorne (USN), an end to overtime pay, the flow of new pursuit school students, the weather, other WASPs passing through the airfield, needing info from Dick (Colby?), recreation, and gifts and letters from home. Written on the back of two instruction sheets for "fire patrols."
Date:
1943-11-29?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 29, 1944?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing issues flying out of Midland, navigating poor weather over Arizona, being grounded by said weather, and staying in a hotel. Written on Santa Rita Hotel (Tucson) stationary.
Date:
1944-11-29?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]
Special orders extract authorizing a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots to fly military aircraft.
Date:
November 6, 1944
Creator:
2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell]
USAAF order indicating Gayle Snell's promotion from trainee to pilot, raising her pay, and rebasing her from Avenger Field to Independence Field.
Date:
November 7, 1944
Creator:
Taylor, C. O.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History