[Seven Portraits of WASP Squadron Officers]

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Seven photographs of WASP squadron officers. Each photograph is a portrait of the WASP, and their name and role are beneath their photographs. There is a WASP insignia in the middle of the page with the code "43-W-8 beneath it, and "Squadron Officers" in a box on the left middle of the page. There is handwriting pointing to Andrea Shaw's photograph that reads, "You looked good in the fashion of the day!"

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7 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 6 cm., on page 28 x 22 cm.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Located at Avenger Field in Nolan County Texas, the WASP World War II Museum commits to preserving the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. As a teaching museum, it features archives, exhibits, and oral histories that record a significant period in history when women dared to break barriers and contribute to victory.

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Seven photographs of WASP squadron officers. Each photograph is a portrait of the WASP, and their name and role are beneath their photographs. There is a WASP insignia in the middle of the page with the code "43-W-8 beneath it, and "Squadron Officers" in a box on the left middle of the page. There is handwriting pointing to Andrea Shaw's photograph that reads, "You looked good in the fashion of the day!"

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7 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 6 cm., on page 28 x 22 cm.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Bringing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots to life, these archives represent the role of the flight school in training women pilots to fly military planes and show how WASPs responded socially and professionally to new challenges brought by war. Included are financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pilots' logs, and flight manuals.

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Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

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  • Oct. 15, 2017, 11:02 a.m.

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  • May 25, 2018, 1:43 p.m.

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[Seven Portraits of WASP Squadron Officers], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth887567/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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