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[Students' Manual: Advanced Single-Engine Flying]

Description: Students' manual for advanced single-engine flying, prepared by the Army Airforces, Training Command, Visual Training Unit in collaboration with the Central Instructors School at Randolph Field, Texas, and Headquarters, AAF, office of Flying Safety Education Division. Manual meant to be used in conjunction with the current AAF training command memorandum covering advanced single-engine flying training. There are no split sections in the manual, instead, information is organized in chronological… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Army Air Forces Training Command
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Army Air Forces Radio Facility Charts

Description: Textbook titled "Army Air Forces Radio Facility Charts" or Technical Order No. 08-15-1, created June 1, 1944 by authority of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces. This copy is marked for "Classroom use Only."
Date: June 1, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[War Department Technical Manual & Aircraft Engines]

Description: Technical manual TM 1-405 from the United States War Department about aircraft engines. Prepared under direction of the Chief of the Air Corps. The booklet is divided into six sections: I. Internal-combustion engine principles, II. Classification and description of engine types, III. Description and construction of engine units, IV. Repair principles, V. Engine lubrication, and VI. Engine cooling. All chapters include information and drawings for reference.
Date: December 9, 1941
Creator: United States Department of War
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Welcome Sign]

Description: Photograph of a sign that says "The Air Force Association Welcomes the Women Airforce Service Pilots." The photograph is from a series of nine pictures from Suzette Van Daell Douglas's trip to Washington D. C.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer]

Description: Suzette VanDaell's Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer, type E-6B, as used by the U. S. Army Air Forces, and manufactured by Cruver Manufacturing Co. in Chicago, Illinois. The item comes in a box, discolored with age, that's covered in various bits of tape on the front and back. There are faded pencil markings on the front and back of Suzette VanDaell's name and other letters. In the middle is a box detailing the serial number and information of the computer. The device slides out with a middle piec… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Cruver Manufacturing Co.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Flight Surgeon Business Card]

Description: Business card for U.S. Army Air Corps Flight Surgeon Ermin L. Ray, M. D. Ray also has "Medical Examiner, Civil Aeronautics Admin." and "Official Airline Examiner" listed on his card, along with "examinations by appointment."
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Notebook belonging to WASP Suzette Van Daell]

Description: Notebook belonging to WASP Suzette Van Daell containing information on a series of Instrument lectures, questions for an oral examination, aircraft clearance forms, training guides, a first aid workbook partially completed in pencil, and more. There are documents of various sizes.
Date: 1944
Creator: van Daell, Suzette
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Plaque and Picture of WASP]

Description: Photograph a large group of WASP standing in formation. Photograph is mounted underneath a plaque that says "March 11, 1944, 'To the best women pilots in the world,' General H. H. 'Hap' Arnold." The photograph is part of a series of nine pictures from Suzette Van Daell Douglas's trip to Washington D. C.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Students' Manual: Primary Flying]

Description: Primary flying manual prepared by the Army Airforces Training Command, Visual Training Unit in collaboration with the central instructors school, Randolph Field, Texas & HQ AAF office of Flying Safety Education Division. Manual was intended to be used in conjunction with the current AAF Training Command Memorandum covering Primary Flying Training.
Date: unknown
Creator: Army Air Forces Training Command
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Pilots' Information File]

Description: Pilot's information file No. 24A from the United States War Department, A.A.F. approved on February 28, 1944. The file details pilot information and came in a brown envelope that reads "Pilots' Information File No. 14, Revision No. 14," dated November 1, 1944. On the back of the envelope is a detailed warning and rules to follow.
Date: November 1, 1944
Creator: United States Department of War
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Time Sheet Certificate]

Description: Time sheet of hours spent on various air craft broken down by the type of activity and by the time spent in each different kind of plane. The certificate is signed by Suzette Van Daell.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: van Daell, Suzette
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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