Belated But Classy News, October 1987 (open access)

Belated But Classy News, October 1987

A compilation of brief news statements from dozens of WASP veterans for October, 1987, printed by Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII.
Date: October 1987
Creator: Fine, Kathryn
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Flying fillies once occupied Liberty Field] (open access)

[Clipping: Flying fillies once occupied Liberty Field]

Newspaper clipping of an article about members of WASP who were stationed at Liberty Field in Fort Stewart, Georgia during WWII. The article includes more details about Fort Stewart, and a photograph of Helen Snapp, Margery Moore, Bertha Mary Clifford, and Viola Thompson in flight jumpsuits, walking away from a small plane. The clipping includes other articles about the Fort Stewart and Hinesville, Georgia area, as well as local advertisements.
Date: October 23, 1987
Creator: Owens, Dianne
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]

Newspaper clipping about the 1986 WASP reunion, Avenger Field, woman aviation history, the WFTD, WAFS, the combat they participated in, what training consisted of, what they did after the war, minor and serious crashes, and the deactivation of the WASP.
Date: September 1987
Creator: Henderson, Sheila
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from Wilson Bros. Glass and Mirror Co.] (open access)

[Receipt from Wilson Bros. Glass and Mirror Co.]

A receipt from the Wilson Brothers Glass and Mirror Company for one hundred dollars' worth of product sold to W.A.S.P, care of Rigdon Edwards.
Date: March 19, 1987
Creator: Wilson Bros. Glass and Mirror Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP_01-2007-02-200 (open access)

WASP_01-2007-02-200

Certificate addressed to Charlyne Creger from Governors' Camp in Masai Mara for ascent in an air ship balloon named the "Mara Rainbow".
Date: October 25, 1987
Creator: Mara Balloon Safaris
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women Military Pilots Association Incorporated Newsletter, March, 1987 (open access)

Women Military Pilots Association Incorporated Newsletter, March, 1987

Newsletter for the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots, published by the Women Military Pilots Association Inc., including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members.
Date: March 1987
Creator: Women Military Pilots Association Incorporated
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History