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The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4
Letter with envelope announcing the graduation of 318th FTD Class 43-W-4 at Avenger Field, the members of which became Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date:
[..1943-08-07]
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. 318th Flying Training Detachment
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping Photocopy: Sweetwater Club's Involvement with Air Field]
Photocopy of newspaper clippings and an announcement card about the Sweetwater Club's various planning and coordination efforts with the Air Force Air Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
{1943-02-11,1943-03-11,1943-03-25,1943-04-07}
Creator:
Mathews, Roy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clippings Photocopy: Housing for Air Personnel Luncheon]
Photocopy of a newspaper clipping and an announcement card about a Sweetwater Club's luncheon to discuss housing for Air Force Personnel.
Date:
{1943-05-13,1943-04-22}
Creator:
Mathews, Roy
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Collection of Documents Addressed to Air Men and Civilian Pilots]
Collection of documents from the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The first page is Form ACA 113 (IM-11/42), a note from the Publications and Statistics Division of the CAA, serving as introduction to the following documents.The next is a notice to air men and all owners of registered aircraft, urging them to only "use their planes...for purposes that contribute directly to the war effort." The next is a document titled "WPB-CAA Liberalizes Utilization of Civilian Aircraft," discussing the use of civilian aircraft for the war effort. The next is an important notice from the Director General for Operations, discussing General Limitation Order L-262 from the War Production Board. The next is a letter from Administrator C. I. Stanton to Washington and field employees, discussing the approval of flight instruction or flight tests. The last group of documents includes several pages of designated landing areas. It also includes the envelope it came in.
Date:
{1943-01-26,1943-04-08,1943-04-12}
Creator:
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, Spring 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving some skin oil from a friend, a disastrous check ride, a trip to Abilene, and fellow flight students getting lost. Typed on an old physics test from primary flight training, on which Yerkes scored a 100.
Date:
{1943-04-06,1943-22~}
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 31, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Wichita, being grounded by a snowstorm, picking up Cessnas for delivery, trying to find a Parker 51 pen, food, and recent correspondence. Written on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.
Date:
December 31, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 29, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her lack of good stationary, news from friends, the bad weather, trying and failing to teach a poor class of student pilots, trying to get a position in USAAF Ferrying Command, news from Jackie Cochran, recent gifts, and trying to get leave.
Date:
1943-12-29?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 27, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing mail, orders to ferry a UC-78, selling her car, bonds and rations, and Christmas greetings and celebrations. Typed on Santa Rita Hotel stationary.
Date:
December 27, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon, December 27, 1943]
Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon discussing recent experiences in aviation, including shooting down a B-17.
Date:
December 27, 1943
Creator:
Werner, Delnar L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 26, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas gifts, traveling by train, meeting a Russian fur trapper, recent correspondence, the WASP program and pay. Typed on Hotel John Marshal (Richmond) stationary.
Date:
1943-12-26?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, December 25, 1943]
Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon wishing her happy holidays, discussing aviation, congratulating her on turning 21, updating her on his health, telling her about Ellen Casper, and old friends.
Date:
December 25, 1943
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 24, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying over New York City and Philadelphia, a phone call, seeing a performance of Othello, and returning to Dallas. Written on Hotel Peabody (Memphis) stationary.
Date:
December 24, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying with bad weather and electrical problems, hand-cranking her landing gear, food, traveling, and Christmas.
Date:
December 23, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, late 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying in bad weather, and spending time in Oklahoma City and Wichita. Written on Wells Roberts Hotel stationary.
Date:
1943-24~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe stationary, discussing her trip to Wichita, visits with people in Dallas and Atlanta, traveling to Richmond, and her anxiety about having to fly over New York City.
Date:
1943-12-20?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 17, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent letters, ferrying a plane and her return trip, Christmas gifts, running into someone from home, uniforms, and weather. Typed on American Airlines stationary.
Date:
December 17, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lois Nash to Mr. Nick A. Hill, December 17, 1943]
Letter from Lois Nash to Mr. Nick A. Hill containing an invitation to the 43-W-8 graduation in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
December 17, 1943
Creator:
Nash, Lois
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 15, 1943?]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering an aircraft to Washington D.C., traveling to Wilmington and Philadelphia, and mentions that she will be returning to Dallas.
Date:
1943-12-15?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon, December 14, 1943]
Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon discussing the air time they have so far and what they have been doing.
Date:
December 14, 1943
Creator:
Werner, Delnar L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, December 9, 1943]
Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing past correspondence, telling her who Bill Stewart is, that he may come visit her, and making conversation.
Date:
December 9, 1943
Creator:
Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 8, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft with bad weather and mechanical problems, and doing errands. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date:
December 8, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5
Book documenting the 44-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:
December 7, 1943
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 5, 1943]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying orders, Christmas shopping, her car, rations and bonds, rumors about the WASPs being merged into the Army Air Force, her flight hours, Christmas leave, and talks from a safety officer about recent accidents. Typed on Santa Rita Hotel (Tucson) stationary.
Date:
December 5, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker, December 4, 1943]
Copy of a letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker discussing the changes to her scheduled Women's Airforce Service Pilot training class.
Date:
December 4, 1943
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History