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[Legal Statement of George Hight #2]

Description: Legal statement of George Hight regarding the circumstances of a plane crash and his assessment of Henry S. Awbrey. Flight Instructor Hight gave a check ride to Awbrey and recommended that Awbrey be placed in the primary instructor's refresher course for additional time in primary aircraft before being allowed to conduct a class of instruction; however, his recommendation was not followed. Awbrey was instead placed in a basic trainer and ordered to start instruction. On June 7, 1943, Awbrey and… more
Date: June 1943
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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.
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[British Refresher School Yearbook, Class 32, 1942]

Description: Yearbook for class 32 of the British Refresher School at the Aero Center in Imperial, California. The book is dedicated to William (Bill) J. Hewitt, Jr. who passed away "in performance of his chosen profession," and includes pictures of the graduates and staff.
Date: 1942
Creator: British Refresher School
Item Type: Refine your search to only Yearbook
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.
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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Collection
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Fred L. Richardson, May 26, 1942]

Description: Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Fred L. Richardson discussing a contract between Plosser-Prince Air Academy and the Defense Plant Corporation for the account of the U.S. Army Air Corps, mentioning that the Academy will be subject to Army Air Corps auditors and that Richardson should refrain from deposit guarantees. The subject line of the letter reads, "Community Natural Gas Co. Dallas, Texas", and is crossed out in pen.
Date: May 26, 1942
Creator: Knowles, M. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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