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[Clipping: "The WASPS"] (open access)

[Clipping: "The WASPS"]

Magazine clipping comparing how safe the WASP were compared to the entire United States, Virginia Moffett's service with the WASP, and the amount of hours they logged.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASP]

Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date: January 1944
Creator: Stuart, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASPS]

Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Military Group at Dinner]

Photograph of a large group of young men and women in military uniform eating at tables with light colored tablecloths. Ribbons and Christmas bells can be seen hung from the ceiling and framed photos of planes can be seen hung on the wall. Writing can be seen on the bottom corner of the photo that reads, "X-mas 1943 Camp Davis, N. C."
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Group Photograph, 1943]

Group photograph of thirty-one Women Airforce Service Pilots in Camp Davis, North Carolina in 1943. There are three rows of women, one standing, one kneeling, and one sitting with their ankles crossed, and all women wear their WASP uniforms.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "The WASP"] (open access)

[Clipping: "The WASP"]

Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date: January 1944
Creator: Stuart, John
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Note With Airplane Info on It] (open access)

[A Note With Airplane Info on It]

A note with airplane info on it, including Culver Cadets PQ 8 & 14, Beechcraft twin, UC 78, and Bamboo Bomber.
Date: September 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert St. John to Mrs. Lawson, December 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Robert St. John to Mrs. Lawson, December 20, 1944]

Typed carbon copy of a broadcast sent from Robert St. John to Mrs. Lawson discussing the experience of Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: St. John, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Newsletter] (open access)

[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Newsletter]

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association newsletter from September 1945. Page 69 includes six pictures of British Commercial Planes, both the outside of the plane and the cockpit; pages 70 and 71 list the "most complete releasable list of aircraft in use by the United States armed forces; page 72 shows eight pictures of planes that the reader is meant to identify, with an answer key below, as well as two diagrams of plane silhouettes; page 79 includes an add for Flightex; and page 80 includes information on new civil air regulations.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Letter Written to Helen Snapp From Her Husband] (open access)

[A Letter Written to Helen Snapp From Her Husband]

A letter written to Helen Snapp from her husband Ira Benton Snapp. The letter is largely unreadable.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Sheet of Paper With Handwritten Notes About Operation Aphrodite] (open access)

[A Sheet of Paper With Handwritten Notes About Operation Aphrodite]

A sheet of paper with handwritten notes about Operation Aphrodite by James Doolittle. Other people mentioned include Carolyn Miller, Marge Sizemore, Doris Hamaker, Mary Ann Gordon, and Michael Thames.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Local Radio Procedure for Avenger Field (open access)

Local Radio Procedure for Avenger Field

Procedural text for operating the local radio for Avenger Field. It gives instructions on how "to leave line," what to do during take off, what to do on a forty-five degree entry, and important tips.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #3] (open access)

[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #3]

Script of an address given by General Henry H. Arnold, the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces, to the last graduating WASP class.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
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
[Multiple Sheets of Paper With Speech Notes for Operation Aphrodite] (open access)

[Multiple Sheets of Paper With Speech Notes for Operation Aphrodite]

Multiple sheets of paper with speech notes for Operation Aphrodite. There are mentions to launch sites, and different types of bombs, including the the B-17 Smart Bomb.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry R. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp, August 4, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Harry R. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp, August 4, 1994]

Letter from UNT History Professor Harry F. Snapp to Helen Wyatt Snapp discussing the development of a book meant to "preserve a number of WASPs as historical personages as well as the best context for preserving historically the place of WASPs as a group." The book's intended audience will be college women, high school girls, and young adult women. Harry Snapp asks Helen Snapp for her cooperation in making the book possible. The letter contains a handwritten P. S. that includes his contact information, should Helen wish to contact him.
Date: August 4, 1944
Creator: Snapp, Harry F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Helen Snapp and a Young Man Walking Down a Street]

Photograph of Helen Snapp and a young man walking down a street, dressed in civilian clothing. The man is wearing a dark-colored suit, and Snapp is wearing a dark-colored dress.
Date: Summer 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Note With Information About Operation Aphrodite] (open access)

[A Note With Information About Operation Aphrodite]

A note with information about Operation Aphrodite, which was an operation for unmanned aircraft, and failed.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Returning From High Altitutde Night Flight (Searchlight)

Photograph of Helen Snapp (on left) and Margaret Bruns returning from a night flight at Camp Davis. Bruns is sitting on a bed wearing her uniform, and Snapp has one foot on a chair, tying her boot, and is wearing her uniform.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Trainees]

Photograph of four women standing at Avenger Field. From left to right: Helen Snapp, Margaret Bruns, Esther Rheinhold, and Jan Tate. All four are wearing their flight uniforms "Zoot Suits".
Date: April 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History