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[War Department Technical Manual & Aircraft Engines]

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

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Civil Pilot Training Manual

Textbook titled "Civil Pilot Training Manual" describing introductory material related to flying aircraft, such as theory and fundamentals of flight and the use of instruments and safety gear. Catherine Parker's name is handwritten on the bottom left corner of the cover as well as on the title page.

Date: September 1941

Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Flight School Class Notes]

Flight school class notes on various aviation topics handwritten by Solange D'Hooghe.

Date: 1941-04-09/1943-06-16

Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Digest of Civil Air Regulations for Pilots

Textbook titled "Digest of Civil Air Regulations for Pilots" describing basic regulations for pilots such as rules of flight and various certifications. "S. D'Hooghe" is handwritten in the top right corner of the cover.

Date: January 1941

Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Lt. Thomas Kuenning to Mickey McLernon, December 21, 1941]

Letter from Lieutenant Thomas Kuenning to Mickey McLernon wishing her happy holidays and informing her that he is moving to Langley Field.

Date: December 21, 1941

Creator: Kuenning, Thomas E.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Excerpt from Civil Pilot Training Manual

Excerpt from training manual for piloting airplanes outlining the elementary flight course, including familiarization with the airplane and parachute, communication, local air traffic rules, taxiing, and other introductory information.

Date: September 1941

Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Famous Aviatrix Visits Boston Store]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Jacqueline Cochran and the Ninety-Niners at a luncheon.

Date: April 1941

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Handbook of Operation and Flight Instructions for the Models BT-13A and BT-15 Basic Training Airplanes

Manual for the flight and operation of two military basic training planes manufactured by Vultee Aircraft, Inc., the BT-13A and the BT-15.

Date: May 5, 1941

Creator: Air Service Command

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Lt Chapman & family with "Flying Fortress Plane".

Lt Chapman & family in front of the wing of an military airplane.

Date: February 10, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photograph of Soldiers and Nazi Airplane]

Photograph of four soldiers posing together in front of the tail of a damaged Nazi airplane, with a large swastika painted on it.

Date: [1941..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Soldier and Wrecked Plane]

Photograph of a soldier in dress uniform standing in front of the wreckage of an airplane.

Date: [1941..1943]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Nazi Airplanes]

Photograph of two Nazi airplanes in a grassy field with trees and power lines in the background, and a swastika painted on the tail and "NT" painted on the side of one of the planes.

Date: [1941..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Lt. Chapman and Family with B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber

Photograph of a B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber parked in a field with people standing around under its wings. These planes flew under the auspices of The United States Army Air Corps.

Photograph of an airplane on display in a city square, with soldiers standing near the wing and two women standing on a platform next to the cockpit.

Date: [1941..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Soldier on Airplane]

Photograph of a soldier standing outside the cockpit on the wing of an airplane.

Date: [1941..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

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Civil Pilot Training Manual

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Digest of Civil Air Regulations for Pilots

[Letter from Lt. Thomas Kuenning to Mickey McLernon, December 21, 1941]

Excerpt from Civil Pilot Training Manual

[Clipping: Famous Aviatrix Visits Boston Store]

Handbook of Operation and Flight Instructions for the Models BT-13A and BT-15 Basic Training Airplanes

Lt Chapman & family with "Flying Fortress Plane".

[Photograph of Soldiers and Nazi Airplane]

[Photograph of Soldier and Wrecked Plane]

[Photograph of Nazi Airplanes]

Lt. Chapman and Family with B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber

[Photograph of Soldier on Airplane]

[Photograph of Soldier and Nazi Plane]

Biplanes in Arledge Field

[Photograph of Soldier on Wrecked Plane]

[Photograph of Soldier and Damaged Airplane]

[Photograph of Soldier Sitting on Airplane]

[Photograph of Soldier and Damaged Airplane]

[Photograph of Soldier on Airplane]

[Photograph of Airplanes in Field]

[Photograph of Airplane on Display]

[Photograph of Soldier on Airplane]