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[Aircraft Delivery Order #6]

Orders for several Air Force Pilots and WASP to ferry aircraft from Wichita Kansas to air bases in various U.S. cities.

Date: January 28, 1944

Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group

Item Type: Text

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Date: February 9, 1944

Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group

Item Type: Text

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #4]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry a PT-13D aircraft from Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, to an Air Force base in Dos Palos, California.

Date: February 18, 1944

Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group

Item Type: Text

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Wichita, Kansas.

Date: January 27, 1944

Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group

Item Type: Text

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Wichita, Kansas to Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Date: January 31, 1944

Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group

Item Type: Text

[Clipping: Still Flying High After 50 Years]

Magazine clipping of an article about the history of the WASPs and their current whereabouts.

Date: 1995

Creator: Siler, Jennifer McGhee

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: "Women Flew Military Planes Long Before Desert Storm"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about who the WASP were, why the WASP program was created, certain WASP experiences throughout their service, and the delay of their veteran benefits.

Date: March 10, 1991

Creator: Taylor, John

Item Type: Clipping

[Four Biplanes Flying]

Photograph of four Boeing biplanes, including the B-1y Flying Fortress and the PT-17 Primary Trainer, flying in the sky above the Boeing plants in Whichita, Kansas with clouds in the background.

Date: unknown

Creator: Boeing Airplane Company

Item Type: Photograph

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 20, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Aitchison Topeka & Santa Fe stationary, discussing her trip to Wichita, visits with people in Dallas and Atlanta, traveling to Richmond, and her anxiety about having to fly over New York City.

Date: 1943-12-20?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 31, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing traveling to Wichita, being grounded by a snowstorm, picking up Cessnas for delivery, trying to find a Parker 51 pen, food, and recent correspondence. Written on 5th Ferrying Group stationary.

Date: December 31, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 8, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes written on Hutson Hotels stationary, discussing flying a Cessna to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, her current layover in Amarillo and pending trip back to Wichita. In postcript, she asks the recipient to send a friend a fruit box.

Date: January 8, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 14, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being unable to deliver a plane due to bad winter weather, her friend Marion, new uniforms, and gifts from and letters to Dick Colby's mother. Typed on Friendly Hotels stationary.

Date: January 14, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft and trouble with weather, flying between Dallas, Wichita, Pampa, and Walnut Ridge, her friends, and food. Written on Hotel Chisca (Memphis) starionary.

Date: January 20, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her father) discussing being grounded due to weather, a letter from the recipient and bonds, cigarettes, mail, finances, flying a new plane out of Long Beach, Army regulations, and her friends Bobby and Marion. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.

Date: January 26, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, late 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying in bad weather, and spending time in Oklahoma City and Wichita. Written on Wells Roberts Hotel stationary.

Date: 1943-24~

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 3, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent orders for ferrying aircraft, different types of aircraft, and not being able to get a check ride. Typed on Kemp Hotel (Wichita) stationary.

Date: March 3, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 4, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, wearing Army Air Corps insignia, the North American A-36, ferrying an aircraft, and other recent work. Written on Washington Yankee (Shreveport, LA) stationary.

Date: March 4, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 22, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing problems with bad weather and flying, seeing a friend, recent correspondence, and where she had recently flown. Written on United Air Lines stationary.

Date: March 22, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, money, flying, and a "ground loop." Typed on Hotel Lassen (Wichita) stationary.

Date: 1943-10-03?

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 14, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being grounded in Camden, AK, repairing her boots, letters, a man from Palm Springs, and her friend Marion. Typed on Hotel Lassen (Wichita) stationary.

Date: October 14, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 28, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a busy night, and picking up an AT-17 in Wichita and delivering it to Pampa, TX. Written on Air Corps Ferrying Command stationary.

Date: October 28, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 29, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a check ride, learning to fly the UC-78, dinner at the Wichita stockyards, and ferrying aircraft to Pampa, TX. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.

Date: October 29, 1943, 3:00 p.m.

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 26, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing staying in Wichita and exploring the town, stories from a farmer, flying, seeing "Casablanca", and sights in a residential neighborhood. Written on Hotel Lassen stationary.

Date: 1943-09-26~

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

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