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[Eleanor Brown Climbing into Plane #4]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown wearing a flight suit and parachute pack while climbing into an airplane.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor McLernon Brown]

Photograph of WASP Eleanor Brown seen from the chest up in uniform with WASP pins and wings attached. Two handwritten notes can be seen on the back of the photo. The first, in pencil, reads, "Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944". The second, in pen ink, reads, "Return to: Eleanor McLernon Brown 2201 N. DeLeon, Vicotria, Tx 77901 Wimsa Reg. 137050".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran] (open access)

[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]

War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown with Plane]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown in a flight suit and cap, carrying a parachute harness over her shoulder and leaning against a plane. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Micky McLernon Brown 2201 N. Deleon Victoria, Tx". "1944" is written in pencil on the top back of the photo.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping of articles from the New York Times about the U.S.'s involvement in World War II, including an article about an initiative to give WASP members full military benefits. Among the articles are several small advertisements, some with illustrations. At the top of the photocopy is handwritten text identifying the newspaper and its publishing date.
Date: May 5, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown with Plane #2]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown in a flight suit and cap, carrying a parachute harness over her shoulder and leaning against a plane.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown in Uniform]

Photograph pasted to thick paper board of WASP Eleanor brown in uniform and posed looking off camera. WASP and air force pins can be seen on her breast and lapels. A note in pen written on the back of the paper board reads, "Mickey, Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Group in Uniform]

Photograph of eleven WASP in uniform posed in in two rows on a set of stone steps outside a building. Several notes are written on the back of the photo, including a list naming the group members. First note reads in faded pencil at the top, "Eleanor M. Brown 2201 N. DeLeon", followed by a typed address label for Robert S. Brown. The second note reads, "Back Row L-R, Ann Baron, Elizabeth Stavrum, Elizabeth (Betty) Pettit, Eleanor M. McLernon, Margaret Shaffer, Marry Ann Walker". The note beside that reads, "Front Row-L-R, Muriel Rath, Leona Golbiner, Donna Spellick, Mary Ahlstrom, Kate Lee Harris". The final note in pencil at the bottom reads, "Napier Field, Ala.".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Instrument Flight Test Certificate] (open access)

[Instrument Flight Test Certificate]

Certificate showing that flight officer Paul A. Hill passed the instrument flight test at Long Beach Army Air Field.
Date: April 16, 1944
Creator: United States Army
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[44-W4 Time Schedule] (open access)

[44-W4 Time Schedule]

Memo from Group Commander E. A. Parker to Flight Commanders discussing the schedule for the 44-W4 class of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: March 7, 1944
Creator: Parker, E. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs) (open access)

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

United States customs form endorsed to clear Royal Air Force officer, Paul A. Hill, to depart from La Guardia Airport in New York, bound for Montreal, Canada.
Date: June 3, 1944
Creator: Hill, Paul A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Eleven WASP and Three Men]

Photograph of eleven members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and three men standing and sitting in front of a building. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge repeats the information written on the back of the photograph.
Date: May 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copies of Personnel Order 71 and 79] (open access)

[Copies of Personnel Order 71 and 79]

Copies of Army Air Force Personnel orders 71 and 79 designating flight officer Paul A. Hill as a service pilot and re-rating a list of several Air Force Second Lieutenants as pilots and service pilots.
Date: {1944-03-23,1944-11-09}
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advanced Instructor's Syllabus: Instrument Flying Radio Range-Radio Compass (open access)

Advanced Instructor's Syllabus: Instrument Flying Radio Range-Radio Compass

Instruction booklet created by the Air Force on how to use the radio range-radio compass for flight navigation.
Date: March 15, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Army Forces. Air Service Command.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brown in Flight Suit]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown dressed in a flight and carrying several items, including what appears to be a map. She is seen standing in a dirt road outside of a building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pilot and Crew Member Physical Record Card] (open access)

[Pilot and Crew Member Physical Record Card]

Army Air Force medical card for Paul A. Hill, with sections for vaccinations, examinations, and blood type.
Date: {1944-02-18..1944-12-22}
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced (open access)

Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced

Special edition of a technical manual containing training documentation on three subjects related to instrument flying. The name, "Hottman, W. B." is written in the top left corner of the cover, followed by a handwritten note about returning the manual.
Date: January 15, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP in Graduation Uniform]

Photograph of tow women in light colored uniforms standing on a wood platform with chairs behind them. A man in uniform can be seen to the right. Writing on the back of the photo reads, " Mrs. Berry Giles, Jacqueline Cochran, Col. Geer, Air Inspector Randolph Field" and "Graduation 44-W-6 Aug 4, 1944". The same information is relayed on a tag seen taped to the bottom of the photo.
Date: August 4, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph From the Graduation of WASP Class 44-W-10]

Photograph of three women and two men standing around a small table, taken during the graduation ceremony for class 44-W-10 of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The typewritten label taped to the photograph's bottom edge reads, "J. Cochran, E. Shuhip's Ear, Col. Ward, Deaton's nose, Gen. Arnold. 44-W-10 Graduation, 12/7/44." The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
[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: S.A. Girl Gets WASP Wings] (open access)

[Clipping: S.A. Girl Gets WASP Wings]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Eleanor Michel McLernon's graduation from the WASP flight school and Esther L. Stahr beginning her training for WASP flight school. The article includes close-up photographs of both women. There is part of a large advertisement on the back of the clipping.
Date: November 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History