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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, September 4, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing burning her hand, flying across the country at night, the P-51, news from home, her divorce, rumors about the future of the WASPs, the book Bombers Across, flying to the Pacific Northwest, and a rough flight on an airliner.
Date: September 4, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 18, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent correspondence with friends, buying bonds, almost quitting the Red Cross, spending time with freed prisoners of war, work, giving her father power of attorney, her brother (?) John leaving the Navy, going to the movies, visiting Saipan, and supplies.
Date: September 18, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cornelia Yerkes with DC-3]

Description: Photograph of Cornelia Yerkes standing next to the port engine of a Douglas DC-3 at Love Field. She is wearing her uniform and posing with a bag in her left hand, with her right hand raised to her head as she looks off into the distance.
Date: [1943-09..1944-12]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 7, 1943]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being "on orders," making her first ferrying trip, being grounded by bad weather, flying a Piper Cub, an earache, chatting with an instructor pilot, and learning Spanish. Written on Braniff Airways stationary.
Date: September 7, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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