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The Big Job: Basic Magnesium News Letter, Number 30, January 21, 1943

Description: Newsletter published by Basic Magnesium Inc. that discusses various topics regarding the company, the magnesium industry, and news local to the town in which the company is located. One article included is about the dormitory room decoration former Woman Airforce Service Pilot, Charlyne Creger.
Date: January 21, 1943
Creator: Basic Magnesium, Incorporated
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Four Biplanes Flying]

Description: Photograph of four Boeing biplanes, including the B-1y Flying Fortress and the PT-17 Primary Trainer, flying in the sky above the Boeing plants in Whichita, Kansas with clouds in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: A Fascinating Cadre]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing details of the book "A WASP Among Eagles: A Woman in Military Test Pilot in World War II" by Ann Baumgartner Carl with publication and pricing information. The clipping also provides a brief biography of Ann Baumgartner Carl, and lists additional books about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.).
Date: October 25, 1999
Creator: Booher, Alice A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Generals Visit Avenger]

Description: Newspaper clipping explaining the significant the role Jacqueline Cochran played in forming the Women Airforce Service Pilots organization. The clipping also shares a brief history of Avenger Field and includes a report from a German spy to the Gestapo.
Date: May 11, 1943
Creator: Bowles, Mary A. & Hart, Mary
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from C. E. Boyd, October 18, 1951]

Description: Copy of a letter from C. E. Boyd requesting that Rosa C. Creger be transferred closer to home in order to provide care for her ill mother. He mentions that Ms. Creger's brother, Charles L. Creger was also wounded and cannot fully attend to her ill mothers needs.
Date: October 18, 1951
Creator: Boyd, C. E.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Orville and Wilbur Wright Postcard]

Description: Blank postcard with an illustration of the faces of Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright. On the back of the card is a short text that reads, "The three careers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, printing and publishing, bicycle making and repair, and aeronautics are memorialized Carillon Historical Park."
Date: 1988
Creator: Brunsman, August E.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Second Class Graduates]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing the maintenance process for the airplanes used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The clipping also describes the renovations at Avenger Field's Medical Department and graduation ceremony for the class of 43-W-2.
Date: June 28, 1943
Creator: Buchner, Faith & Helburn, Margaret
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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