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[Schedule of Events #1]

Description: Schedule listing the dates and times of events planned for the 1986 reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in Sweetwater, Texas. Some of the events are crossed out in black ink and others are highlighted in yellow.
Date: 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Avenger Field]

Description: Nomination materials submitted to the National Register of Historic Places regarding Avenger Field near Sweetwater, Texas. The materials include a history of the field, maps, photographs, and other supporting documents, as well as documents about the nomination process and drafted text.
Date: April 15, 1996
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Location: None
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Avenger Field at Sweetwater]

Description: Aerial photograph of a group of buildings at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. Most of the buildings are metal, and are connected by paths and roads. Airplane lanes and tarmac are visible in the background. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo give the date the photo was taken, and the name and address of a man named Richard Harkness.
Date: September 16, 1991
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Airport and Runways #2]

Description: Aerial photograph of Avenger Field facilities that shows three major intersecting runways, a group of buildings at the top left, and another group of interconnected buildings and pathways in the bottom left corner.There are small yellow circles with numbers, pasted to different areas of the photo.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[44-W4 Time Schedule]

Description: Memo from Group Commander E. A. Parker to Flight Commanders discussing the schedule for the 44-W4 class of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: March 7, 1944
Creator: Parker, E. A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Hazel Pracht and Elmo Hatcher]

Description: Photograph of Hazel Pracht, a trainee in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), and Elmo Hatcher, one of the instructors at Avenger Field. Pracht is seated in the cockpit of an airplane while Hatcher stands outside the plane and leans his head toward the cockpit. The back of the photograph is stamped, "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Pamphlet: The Return of the WASP]

Description: Program for the 1986 reunion of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes a color illustration of the organization's mascot on the cover, letters from the governor of Texas and mayor of Sweetwater, a biography of Leni Leoti "Dede" Clark Deaton, photographs, a list of the organization's board of directors, a schedule of events, and a roster for the reunion's planning committee.
Date: 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Air Force Radar Station at Avenger Field #3]

Description: Aerial photograph of the air force radar station at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The photo shows a large group of buildings connected by paths and and roads, with a parking lot in the center. Two large hangars are visible in the foreground. Three student dorms for TSTC campus can be seen side by side in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Libby Gordner]

Description: Photograph of a Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) trainee leaning her head out of the window of an airplane's cockpit. A typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge identifies her as Libby Gordner. The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Air Force Radar Station at Avenger Field #1]

Description: Aerial photograph of the air force radar station at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The photo shows a large group of buildings connected by paths and and roads, with a parking lot in the center. Two large hangars are visible in the foreground. Three student dorms for TSTC campus can be seen side by side in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of the Instructors and Tower Operator at Avenger Field]

Description: Photograph of twenty-two men and one woman arranged in two rows in front of a building. The typewritten label taped to the photograph's bottom edge identifies them as "instructors and tower operator (Alberta Head) at Avenger Field." The back of the photograph includes a handwritten note that reads, "Property of Madge Minton 43-W-4."
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Airport and Runways #1]

Description: Aerial photograph of Avenger Field facilities that shows three major intersecting runways, a group of buildings at the top left, and another group of interconnected buildings and pathways in the bottom left corner. There are small yellow circles with numbers, pasted to different areas of the photo.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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