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[L-39 Pilot Class Graduation Photograph]

Photograph of the L-39 pilot graduating class in Denton, Texas. The men in the back two rows stand, and the men in the front row kneel.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 33.2762247 -97.1330452

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[43-W-4 Trainees in Formation]

Photograph of trainees with WASP class 43-W-4 standing in formation at Avenger Field. Behind them are two AT-6 trainers. A guide-on bearer carries a flag with a "B" on it.

Date: Summer 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4

Letter with envelope announcing the graduation of 318th FTD Class 43-W-4 at Avenger Field, the members of which became Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Date: [..1943-08-07]

Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. 318th Flying Training Detachment

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial View of Camp Barkeley]

Photograph of Camp Barkeley as seen from the air. Dirt roads separate a group of three larger buildings from rows of smaller camp buildings. A circular icon containing an "M" shaped image and the number 12 is visible in front of the foremost building which is labeled the Headquarters of the Twelfth Armored Company.

Date: 1943~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Army Specialized Training Program Dormitory]

Photograph of a three-story dormitory building at the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso, Texas. The walls of the building have a slight diagonal tilt away from the low roof.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Avenger Field Yearbook, 318th AAFFTD Class 43-W-6 and 43-W-7

Book documenting the 43-W-6 and 43-W-7 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.

Date: 1943

Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

Item Type: Yearbook

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Book documenting the 43-W-4 and 43-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.

Date: 1943

Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

Item Type: Yearbook

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Date: 1943

Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

Item Type: Yearbook

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Date: 1943

Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

Item Type: Yearbook

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5

Book documenting the 44-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.

Date: December 7, 1943

Creator: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Avenger, Volume 1, Issue 1, May 11, 1943

Copy of the first issue of The Avenger, the newspaper made for WASP in Avenger field. Articles about Jacqueline Cochran, a letter from a German spy to the Gestapo, Avenger Field, and more are included.

Date: May 11, 1943

Creator: Bowles, Mary A.

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943

First issue of The Avenger, a newsletter by the WASPs at Avenger Field featuring news, cartoons, essays, and photos.

Date: May 11, 1943

Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[B Battery Listening to Frank McCarthy]

Photograph of part of B Battery gathered to listen to Frank McCarthy sing at Camp Barkeley.

Date: [1943..1944]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[B Company in the Field]

Photograph of B Company of the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion in the field at Camp Barkeley. Soldiers stand around and sit in vehicles.

Date: [1943..1944]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Barracks Buildings of Camp Campbell, Kentucky]

Photograph of rows of wooden barracks buildings laid out along a grid of earthen pathways. The buildings on the left are mostly single-story, while the buildings on the right have two stories and wooden stairways that lead to their first floors. Two soldiers can be seen standing in front of the foremost building on the left.

Date: 1943~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Biplane Flying in Formation]

Photograph of a Stearman primary trainer biplane flying on the port side of the photographer's plane. Two pilots are visible in their respective cockpits.

Date: [1943..1944]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Biplane Flying Upside Down]

Photograph of a biplane (left, far) flying upside down, taken from the cockpit of another plane. The upper wing and struts are visible in the right half of the photo, and the ground can be seen faintly in the lower quarter.

Date: [1943..1944]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]

A receipt from the Blue Bonnet Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas, totaling at $2.50 for a room.

Date: March 22, 1943

Creator: Blue Bonnet Hotel

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes]

Photograph of four WASPs near an aircraft wing, all wearing flight suits. From left to right: Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes.

Date: Summer 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Bronco, Yearbook of Hardin-Simmons University, 1943

Yearbook for Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, professors, and organizations. Includes a student directory at the end of the book.

Date: 1943

Creator: Hardin-Simmons University

Item Type: Yearbook

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Camp Barkeley X-Ray Technicians]

Photograph of Charlotte Beech and Virginia Dietz, who wear white uniforms, standing in front of a building at Camp Barkeley, where they worked as X-ray technicians. A handwritten note on the photo reads: "Charlotte Beech and Virginia Dietz X-Ray technicians."

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]

A father's day card from Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing clothing, a visit from aviator Nancy Love, the Women Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and her future. The card features a cartoon of a girl saying "I may not be no mental whizz, but dad, I know what day this is!"

Date: June 17, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Carl Lyons Standing by a Hutment]

Photograph of Carl Lyon standing in front of a plywood hutment. He is wearing a dress uniform and stands with his hands together in front of him.

Date: [1943..1944]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Cars Parked Outside Avenger Field Administration Building]

Photograph of various late-1930s and early-1940s cars parked outside of an administration building at Avenger Field. The building is lettered "Aviation Enterprises Ltd." and has a statue on top of it.

Date: 1943~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[L-39 Pilot Class Graduation Photograph]

[43-W-4 Trainees in Formation]

The 318th Army Air Forces Training Detachment Announces the Graduation of Class 43-W-4

[Aerial View of Camp Barkeley]

[Army Specialized Training Program Dormitory]

Avenger Field Yearbook, 318th AAFFTD Class 43-W-6 and 43-W-7

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 43-W-4 and 43-W-5

Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5

The Avenger, Volume 1, Issue 1, May 11, 1943

The Avenger, Volume 1, Number 1, May 11, 1943

[B Battery Listening to Frank McCarthy]

[B Company in the Field]

[Barracks Buildings of Camp Campbell, Kentucky]

[Biplane Flying in Formation]

[Biplane Flying Upside Down]

[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]

[Bobby Willis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Betty Heinrich, and Cornelia Yerkes]

The Bronco, Yearbook of Hardin-Simmons University, 1943

[Camp Barkeley X-Ray Technicians]

[Card from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, June 17, 1943]

[Carl Lyons Standing by a Hutment]

[Cars Parked Outside Avenger Field Administration Building]