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[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a four-page spread on plans for a WASP memorial celebration, including a schedule of events, list of participants, profiles on notable WASP members, and a small illustration of the WASP mascot, Fifinella.
Date: May 28, 2005
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Helen Snapp with Silver Corvette]

Description: Photograph of WASP wearing a dark blue WASP uniform standing to the left of a silver corvette , with people gathered in the background. The corvette has a sign in the front window that reads, "Helen Snapp WASP WWII." Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the woman is Helen Snapp, and that the photo was taken at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 2005
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Helen Snapp in WASP Cut-Out]

Description: Photograph of Helen Snapp sticking her face through the circle in a board depicting a pilot with a parachute on their back. The pilot has been illustrated standing on an airport tarmac, with painted text reading. "Best Kept Secret of WWII!" Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the woman is WASP Helen Snapp, and that the photo was taken at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 2005
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Two Women Sitting in Cockpit of Plane]

Description: Photograph of two women sitting in the cockpit of a plane, looking back towards the camera. Both are wearing headsets. A man shown from the shoulders up and wearing a headset is sitting closer to the camera, on the left. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the two women, named Fran and Lauren, are at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas for the groundbreaking of the WASP museum.
Date: May 2005
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Women Pilots Acknowledged]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about the U.S. Department of Defense awarding members of WASP who served during WWII with full veteran status. The article includes quotes from and a photograph of WASP Eleanor "Mickey" McLernon Brown. On the back of the clipping is a brief article about the local Bronte club, and an advertisement for Montag's Supermarket.
Date: May 28, 1979
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards, May 22, 1944]

Description: Letter from Doris Duren to Mr. and Mrs. Rigdon Edwards discussing how the U.S. Army split up she and a group of other female pilots. She mentions that they fly BT-14 planes, give instruction to flight cadets, and are supposed to be trained to fly B-26 planes soon. At the top left of the first page, there is a small, printed illustration of the WASP mascot, Fifinella
Date: May 22, 1944
Creator: Duren, Doris
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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