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WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944

Description: Partial WASP newsletter from a base in Maxwell Field, Alabama, announcing the death of a WASP Staff Executive, Katherine Dussaq, who was a key member in planning reemployment possibilities for WASP after deactivation. Dussaq perished in a plane crash when her AT-6 went down on her way to Cincinnati. Attached after the newsletter is a pilot's log page belonging to Betty Jo Streff.
Date: December 1, 1944
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 1, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being snowed-in in Lincoln, NE, flying from there to Dallas in a P-51, a crate of oranges from the recipient, recent correspondence, ferrying more P-51s, her uniform, planning to visit with Jackie Cochran, and plans for after the WASP are disbanded. Typed on Sheraton Hotel stationary.
Date: December 1, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

An Air Force Reading Guide

Description: Air Force pamphlet listing a reading list of books written under relevant military subjects, such as economics, government, science, and military history.
Date: 1958-12-19/1959
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Reserve Individual Survival and Recovery Course, Number 45-0001, Volume 2. Survival and Recovery Techniques

Description: This booklet is from Volume 2 of an Air Force Reserve element training course on individual survival. This book discusses survival tactics during and after a nuclear event. The name, "Paul A. Hill, Maj." can be seen written at the top right of the front cover, and notes can be seen written through the book and its attached worksheets.
Date: December 1961
Creator: Lowry Technical Training Center.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Excerpt From a Columnist's Notebook]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes encouraging WASPs to make sure to their contact information is on file with the Stars and Stripes to ensure they receive the WASP newsletter as well as communication from the Department of Defense on how to obtain veterans' benefits.The page also contains the text of a letter to President Carter, a column written by the National Service and Legislative Director of AMVETS, a brief article about the LAMOPH, and the… more
Date: December 15, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Report on Operations by Fred Harmon]

Description: Report on operations given by Fred Harmon of the Harmon Flying School at Ballinger, Texas. The report states that there are 210 students per class, 110 mechanics for 94 airplanes with 45 women who start at $65 per month. Women took night school course, 2 hours per night, 4 nights a week, while paid $1 per night, for 30 days. The women mechanics proved very steady, very capable, and efficient.
Date: December 16, 1942
Creator: Harmon, Fred
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Christmas Card from Marion Barnwell to Mickey McLernon, December 16, 1944]

Description: Christmas card from Marion Barnwell to Mickey McLernon. The front of the card includes the phrase "Season's Greetings" and an illustration of an airplane in mid-flight. The inside of the card includes another illustration with the message "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" and a handwritten note that reads, "I will be in S. A. Christmas - Will try to call you. Barney."
Date: December 16, 1944
Creator: Barnwell, Marion P.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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