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[Certificate of Elimination, April 1943]

Description: Text certifying that five women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March and April 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person; one name has been stricken from the list with a handwritten note.
Date: April 6, 1943
Creator: McConnell, Landon E.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Certificate of Elimination, March 1943]

Description: Text certifying that three women have been eliminated from the training program at Avenger Field (the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) in March 1943. It includes name, date eliminated, and reason for each person.
Date: March 25, 1943
Creator: McConnell, Landon E.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

A Chronological History of Avenger Field

Description: Scrapbook with a chronological history of Avenger Field, collected from newspaper clippings from the Sweetwater Reporter. It includes news stories surrounding price negotiations for the Sweetwater airport to the construction of Plosser-Prince Air Academy to naming the site of the school to its official opening.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sweetwater Reporter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Coke Machine in a Room]

Description: Photograph of a coke machine inside of a room with water damage and puddles. A smaller black machine shaped like a box is visible on the left side of the image and there is a plane through the window.
Date: 1942
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Copy of a Request for Reimbursement]

Description: Copy of a request for reimbursement by the Defense Plant Corporation in Dallas, Texas for expenditures made on the construction of plant of Plosser & Prince Flying School in Sweetwater, Texas totaling $48,185.30.
Date: September 30, 1942
Creator: Defense Plant Corporation
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Correspondence Between Victor J. Nelson, Defense Plant Corporation and James H. Beall, Jr., November 1942]

Description: Copies of correspondence between Victor J. Nelson, Defense Plant Corporation and James H. Beall, Jr. discussing the termination of Victor Nelson's contract with Plosser and Prince Academy, as well as several fees owed to nelson.
Date: 1942-11-13/1942-11-17
Creator: Nelson, Victor J. & Beall, James H.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cost Analysis of Transport Program]

Description: A handwritten list of things regarding the transport program. Listed under "Detailed analysis of cost incurred by contractor in connection with training Transport Students" are: a. Should include accurate figures (with) a breakdown of expenses incurred in preparing and operating this program. b. Number and salaries of personnel employed. c. Additional facilities provided that would not have been necessary. d. Expenses incurred by lateness of arrival of students entering program. e. Any other ex… more
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cost Estimate for Women's Program #1]

Description: Estimate statement for Women's Program consisting of primary, basic, and advanced instruction without delay and loss suffered in the Transport Command Pilot Training program and urge fee be lenient enough to avoid further penalties in June when contracts to be renegotiated.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cost Estimate for Women's Program #2]

Description: Estimate statement for Women's Program consisting of primary, basic, and advanced instruction without delay and loss suffered in the Transport Command Pilot Training program and urge fee be lenient enough to avoid further penalties in June when contracts to be renegotiated.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cost Estimate for Women's Program with Notes]

Description: Estimate statement for Women's Program consisting of primary, basic, and advanced instruction without delay and loss suffered in the Transport Command Pilot Training program and urge fee be lenient enough to avoid further penalties in June when contracts to be renegotiated. There are notes written on the page regarding separating books by the type of program.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Denial of Fraud by Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince]

Description: Letter of denial regarding the litigation against the Plosser-Prince Air Academy for fraud by the United States in which Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince assert their innocence and claim to have had no involvement in the fraudulent actions of Victor J. Nelson.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Document pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A. Prince, Victor J. Nelson, Robert Young, and Edwin Theodore Nelson, cause no. 1717, 1942]

Description: Document relating to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A. Prince, Victor J. Nelson, Robert Young, and Edwin Theodore Nelson, accused of fraud, filed January 19, 1943. Documents include a summary of the charges being filed.
Date: 1943
Creator: Parker, Geo W.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Documents pertaining to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A Prince, Victor J. Nelson, A. L. Leaverenz, Charles R. Carpenter, Nicholas K. Marshall, A. E. Hrbacek, and Elton Taylor, cause no. 1718, 1943]

Description: Documents that relate to the case of United States of America vs. Joe B. Plosser, Charles A Prince, Victor J. Nelson, A. L. Leaverenz, Charles R. Carpenter, Nicholas K. Marshall, A. E. Hrbacek, and Elton Taylor, accused of fraud, filed April 28, 1943. Documents include the verdicts as delivered by the foreman, Aubry D. Anderson, and a certificate of authenticity from the office of the Clerk of the District Court, George W. Parker.
Date: 1943
Creator: Parker, George W.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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