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Attitude (open access)

Attitude

Pamphlet published by the Airlines War Training Institute to help flight crew members how to work together efficiently and safely, and the proper behavioral response to various emergency situations.
Date: 1943
Creator: Airlines War Training Institute; Lederer, Jerome & Damon, William
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, 318th AAFFTD Class 43-W-6 and 43-W-7 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, 318th AAFFTD Class 43-W-6 and 43-W-7

Book documenting the 43-W-6 and 43-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: 1943
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 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: 1943
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 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: 1943
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 (open access)

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 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: 1943
Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplane Flying in Formation]

Photograph of a Stearman primary trainer biplane flying on the port side of the photographer's plane. Two pilots are visible in their respective cockpits.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplane Flying Upside Down]

Photograph of a biplane (left, far) flying upside down, taken from the cockpit of another plane. The upper wing and struts are visible in the right half of the photo, and the ground can be seen faintly in the lower quarter.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blank Forms: Aircraft Clearance- AAF Form 23A, Vertical Cros-Section Forecast - AAF Form 23A (open access)

Blank Forms: Aircraft Clearance- AAF Form 23A, Vertical Cros-Section Forecast - AAF Form 23A

Military pamphlet describing the purposes of forms 23 and 23A regarding aircraft clearance and flight and how to fill them out.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bobby Wilson and WASP with Vultee BT-13]

Photograph of WASP Bobby Wilson (left) and another WASP standing on the starboard side of a Vultee BT-13 in their service uniforms.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
BT-13A Cockpit Procedure (open access)

BT-13A Cockpit Procedure

Cockpit procedure for starting, taxiing, taking off, climbing, cruising, landing, and parking a Vultee BT-13A trainer aircraft.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars Parked Outside Avenger Field Administration Building]

Photograph of various late-1930s and early-1940s cars parked outside of an administration building at Avenger Field. The building is lettered "Aviation Enterprises Ltd." and has a statue on top of it.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Bethel Gibbons, Marjorie Wakeham Are WASP Graduates in Sweetwater, Tex.] (open access)

[Clipping: Bethel Gibbons, Marjorie Wakeham Are WASP Graduates in Sweetwater, Tex.]

Newspaper clipping announcing that Marjorie Wakeham and Bethel Gibbons are graduating in Sweetwater, Texas after completing their required WASP training.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Club Recent Activity] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Club Recent Activity]

Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles, portions of articles, and announcement cards about the Sweetwater Club's various activities, including involvement with local sports teams, guest speakers at meetings, and local agriculture.
Date: 1943
Creator: Chamberlain, L. F. & Mathews, Roy
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Local News] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: Sweetwater Local News]

Photocopy of newspaper clippings with articles about a discussion in Sweetwater, Texas over a proposal to bring alcohol plants to West Texas, facts about the Avenger Field Air School, and articles about Leslie C. McConnell and Ken McClure speaking to the people of Sweetwater and Sweetwater Club.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sweetwater Club Announcements] (open access)

[Clipping: Sweetwater Club Announcements]

Photocopy with newspaper clippings and announcement cards about the Sweetwater Club's work helping the town's struggling crops.
Date: 1943
Creator: Mathews, Roy & Howard, J. Fred
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clouds Reading Assignment and Questions] (open access)

[Clouds Reading Assignment and Questions]

Clouds reading assignment and questions for that reading assignment for reading TMI-232 Sections 6, 7, 12, and 13.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cockpit Procedure Part 19A (open access)

Cockpit Procedure Part 19A

Part 19 of the official cockpit procedure for Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes twenty-six steps.
Date: 1943/1944
Creator: Army Air Forces
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cockpit Procedure Part 19A (open access)

Cockpit Procedure Part 19A

Part 19 of the official cockpit procedure for Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes twenty-six steps.
Date: 1943/1944
Creator: Army Air Forces
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cornelia Yerkes with Basic Trainer]

Photograph of Cornelia Yerkes Colby in a flight suit, standing behind the starboard wing of a basic trainer aircraft.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cross-Country Flight Instructions] (open access)

[Cross-Country Flight Instructions]

Document listing fourteen steps to follow when preparing for a cross country flight.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Denial of Fraud by Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince] (open access)

[Denial of Fraud by Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince]

Letter of denial regarding the litigation against the Plosser-Prince Air Academy for fraud by the United States in which Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince assert their innocence and claim to have had no involvement in the fraudulent actions of Victor J. Nelson.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A. Prince, Victor J. Nelson, Robert Young, and Edwin Theodore Nelson, cause no. 1717, 1942] (open access)

[Document pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A. Prince, Victor J. Nelson, Robert Young, and Edwin Theodore Nelson, cause no. 1717, 1942]

Document relating to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A. Prince, Victor J. Nelson, Robert Young, and Edwin Theodore Nelson, accused of fraud, filed January 19, 1943. Documents include a summary of the charges being filed.
Date: 1943
Creator: Parker, Geo W.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A Prince, Victor J. Nelson, A. L. Leaverenz, Charles R. Carpenter, Nicholas K. Marshall, A. E. Hrbacek, and Elton Taylor, cause no. 1718, 1943] (open access)

[Documents pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A Prince, Victor J. Nelson, A. L. Leaverenz, Charles R. Carpenter, Nicholas K. Marshall, A. E. Hrbacek, and Elton Taylor, cause no. 1718, 1943]

Documents that relate to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A Prince, Victor J. Nelson, A. L. Leaverenz, Charles R. Carpenter, Nicholas K. Marshall, A. E. Hrbacek, and Elton Taylor, accused of fraud, filed April 28, 1943. Documents include the verdicts as delivered by the foreman, Aubry D. Anderson, and a certificate of authenticity from the office of the Clerk of the District Court, George W. Parker.
Date: 1943
Creator: Parker, George W.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown Climbing into Plane]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown wearing a flight suit and parachute pack while climbing into an airplane. "Mickey 1943" is written in pen on the back of the photo.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History