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[Clipping: 'On Silver Wings' tells of women's flights in WWII]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Marianne Verges's experience serving in WASP during WWII. The article includes a photograph of Verges leaning out of the cockpit of a plane. The back of the clipping has an article about an exhibit on display in Washington D.C.

Date: [1940..]

Creator: Foster, Nancy Haston

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Aerodynamics for Pilots

Training manual on information needed for safely flying an airplane. Chapters cover topics such as physical laws, properties of air, general operation of flight, and forces that act on planes such as resistance, lift, weight, and drag.

Date: September 1940

Creator: Jones, Bradley

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Helen Forrest McKee to Little, Brown and Company, April 24, 1970]

Letter from Helen Forrest McKee to Little Brown Company discussing Mrs. McKee's project to turn Jacqueline Cochran's life into a children's book so that Cochran can be accessible to a younger age group.

Date: April 24, 1940

Creator: McKee, Helen Forrest

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Meteorology for Pilots

Textbook titled "Meteorology for Pilots" describing various aspects of weather and atmosphere and their effects on aviation. "S. D'Hooghe" is handwritten in the top right corner of the cover.

Date: September 1940

Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration. & Haynes, B. C.

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Airfield with Planes and Cars]

Photograph of an airfield with a row of planes on the left and two planes facing forward in the foreground with a building, and several rows of parked cars and other planes visible in the background.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Women and Children by Filling Station]

Photograph of three unidentified women and two children sitting on the ground in front of a building with two large windows labeled "Filling Station." The woman on the far left is wearing a t-shirt and dark glasses, a young girl is sitting next to her, another woman wearing a light-colored blouse is in the middle, and on the right another woman wearing a light-colored blouse is crouching with a young boy sitting in front of her.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Airfield with Rows of Planes]

Photograph of an airfield with two rows of planes on the left and another row partially visible in the foreground on the right.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Charlyne Creger in Flight Suit]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger wearing a flight suit and goggles and carrying a rucksack posing in front of an airplane. There is a handwritten note under the photograph that reads "Charlyne Creger - P.T. 17 Women Air Force Service Pilot WWII."

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[13 Men in Uniform]

Photograph of 13 unidentified men wearing military uniforms posing, kneeling and standing, in two rows in front of a building labeled as the "Student Ready Room."

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Man by Instructors Ready Room]

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a leather jacket and hat leaning against the doorway to the Instructors Ready Room; he appears to be talking to the two men visible through the window on the left.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Woman in T-shirt]

Photograph of an unidentified woman wearing dark glasses and a t-shirt that reads "Randolph Field, Texas" sitting on the steps to a porch with her back against a pillar; behind her a thermos, a pair of rubber boots, and various other items are visible on the porch.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Trainees Marching by Barracks]

Photograph of two formations of WASP trainees marching two-by-two next to the barracks, a long single-story wooden building with windows and a chimney.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Planes and Hangar at Avenger Field]

Photograph of two planes in front of a hangar at Avenger Field; there is a large object in between the planes and a control tower is visible on the right side.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Control Tower at Avenger Field]

Photograph of a control tower at Avenger Field with the text "Plosser-Prince Air Academy" on the front of it and a plane and two trucks visible on the left.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Two WASP Trainees with Sign]

Photograph of two unidentified women wearing WASP trainee uniforms posing, standing with one leg each hanging over a sign that reads "Women Trainees Only in this Area." Behind them several other trainees and a building are visible in the background.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Hangar at Avenger Field]

Photograph of a hangar and airfield tower at Avenger Field; there are no airplanes on the tarmac or in the hangar but a car is visible in the background on the right side.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Two WASPs with Plane]

Photograph of two unidentified women wearing bomber jackets and goggles on their heads posing in front of an airplane; one of the women is standing and the other is sitting on the wing behind her. "Avenger Field" and other information is on the side of the plane.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Trainees]

Photograph of four unidentified women, three wearing flight suits, standing arm-in-arm behind a sign that reads "Women Trainees Only in this Area."

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Trainee by Barracks]

Photograph of an unidentified woman wearing a WASP trainee uniform posing with her back against the wall of a barracks labelled "Barracks K."

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Standard Oil Company Computer]

Manual computer for calculating speed in miles per hour, distance traveled, and time in flight. The object is marked with the name, "Standard Oil Company of California" along with the logo of the company, a red plane with the head of an Eagle. Instructions for the device can be seen on the center of the front and back.

Date: 1940

Creator: Standard Oil Company of California

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Christmas card from Marion Fuchs to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fuchs, December 19, 1940]

A Christmas card and envelope from Marion Fuchs to Herman Fuchs and his wife. The card is printed by the Army Air Corps Flying Cadet Detachment and features an image of a trainer aircraft in flight.

Date: December 19, 1940

Creator: Fuchs, Marion

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Steele's Aid to Pilots: Regulations (Fifth Revised Edition)

Copy of Steele's Aid to Pilots: Regulations, a compilation of American civil aviation rules and regulations. Nearly all aspects of flying are covered, including reporting and record keeping, pilot ratings, aircraft identification, air traffic control, equipment, instruments, lights, flight patterns, and weather, as well as a question and answer section.

Date: July 1, 1940

Creator: Steele, C. Earl

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Hawk perched on woman's shoulder]

Photograph of a hawk or eagle perched on a woman's shoulder. The photo appears to be double exposed with a picture of a big cat on a bench layered over it.

Date: 1940~/1949~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Women on Bus]

Photograph of several women sitting on a bus. One woman looks back at the photographer over her right shoulder.

Date: [1940..1949]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Clipping: 'On Silver Wings' tells of women's flights in WWII]

Aerodynamics for Pilots

[Letter from Helen Forrest McKee to Little, Brown and Company, April 24, 1970]

Meteorology for Pilots

[Airfield with Planes and Cars]

[Women and Children by Filling Station]

[Airfield with Rows of Planes]

[Charlyne Creger in Flight Suit]

[13 Men in Uniform]

[Man by Instructors Ready Room]

[Woman in T-shirt]

[WASP Trainees Marching by Barracks]

[Planes and Hangar at Avenger Field]

[Control Tower at Avenger Field]

[Two WASP Trainees with Sign]

[Hangar at Avenger Field]

[Two WASPs with Plane]

[WASP Trainees]

[WASP Trainee by Barracks]

[Standard Oil Company Computer]

[Christmas card from Marion Fuchs to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fuchs, December 19, 1940]

Steele's Aid to Pilots: Regulations (Fifth Revised Edition)

[Hawk perched on woman's shoulder]

[Women on Bus]