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[T-6 Texan U281]

Damaged photograph of a T-6 Texan with the number U281.

Date: 1944~

[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.

Item Type: Text

[5th Ferrying Group Air Transport Command- WASP Roster]

A typed roster listing the names of WASP and the planes each woman is to fly at Love Field, Dallas.

Date: 1944

Item Type: Text

[AAF Pilot School (Basic) Operations Memorandum, January 28, 1944]

A memorandum from the operations office at Independence Army Air Field discussing reports of "padding" of flying time. The memo is signed by Gayle Snell.

Date: January 28, 1944

Creator: Taylor, Bryant

Item Type: Text

AAF to Inactivate WASP on December 20

A press briefing from the War Department discussing the announcement that the WASP would be inactivated on December 20, 1944. Included are statements from General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cocran.

Date: October 1944

Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations. Press Branch

Item Type: Text

[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #1]

Speech by General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces to the last WASP graduating class on December 7, 1944.

Date: 1944-12-07~

Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley

Item Type: Script

[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #2]

Speech by General Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General of the Army Air Forces to the last WASP graduating class on December 7, 1944.

Date: 1944-12-07~

Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley

Item Type: Script

[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

Item Type: Text

[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #4]

Address given by General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces, to the last graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots on December 7, 1944.

Date: 1944

Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley

Item Type: Script

[Address By Gen. Henry H. Arnold To Last W.A.S.P. Graduate Class]

Speech addressed to the last WASP graduation class, dated 7, December 1944, and delivered by Air Force General Henry H. Arnold.

Date: 1944-12-07~

Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley

Item Type: Script

[Advance Instruments Exam]

Test questions on the advanced use of flight instruments with answers filled in in pencil by Catherine Parker.

Date: August 8, 1944

Creator: Parker, Catherine

Item Type: Text

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.

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Aeronautical Chart of Abilene]

Aeronautical chart with various pieces of aviation information for flight and descent over Abilene. A handwritten note at the bottom edge reads, "Revised 8-25-44 for contact practice, Inst. Board."

Date: August 25, 1944

Item Type: Map

[Aircraft Arrival Report, August 15, 1944]

Aircraft arrival form for Suzette Van Daell at 2563rd AAF Base Unit in Avenger-Field, Sweetwater, Texas. Her flight plans details plans for a direct route to San Angelo. Most sections of the document are left blank, though identification information is present.

Date: August 15, 1944

Creator: van Daell, Suzette

Item Type: Text

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an aircraft from Grand Prairie, Texas to Newark, New Jersey with specifications on the plane model, flight order, and instructions upon arrival at her destination. The order is signed by Captain Joe K. Bailey and Ben Handler for Captain William S. Kirkpatrick.

Date: September 11, 1944