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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

A Time To Keep #1

Description: Booklet of photographs about the 44-W-4 class of Women Airforce Service Pilots at Sweetwater, Texas. A handwritten note on the cover states, "for 44-4 members who have died, given at "Pat" Velut's funeral service."
Date: 1986~/1987~
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Flyer: WASP Reunion '86 #1]

Description: Flyer for the 1986 WASP Reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, including information on lodging, travel, and registration. The flyer also includes a registration form for the reunion, a schedule events, and two maps - one of Sweetwater, and one of Nolan County.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Final Report on Women Pilot Program #1]

Description: Final military report by Jacqueline Cochran discussing the capability, availability, curriculum, training, and physical requirements of women in the Air Force, based on the study of Women Air Force Service Pilots.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]

Description: Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date: September 9, 1943
Creator: 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[USS Shenandoah #1]

Description: Photograph of a torn picture of the USS Shenandoah, a U.S. Navy airship, with an upside down message seen typed on the image that reads, "Oct. 23d. 1924 the Shenandoah came back- but did not land (!)"
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Airport in Sweetwater #1]

Description: Aerial photograph of an airport with two major runways in Sweetwater, Texas. There are five clusters of buildings on the bottom and right sides of the intersecting runways, marked by small yellow dots with numbers on them. At the bottom of the photo, there is numbered text indicating the names of the different buildings, and larger text along the left side indicating the location of the airport.
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

[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #1]

Description: Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Bernice Haydu to Communications Captains, June 1, 1977]

Description: Letter from Bernice "Bee" Haydu to Communications Captains discussing a the events of a meeting with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee about the veteran status of former WASP members. She also discusses further steps to achieve veteran status for the women who served in WASP.
Date: 1977-05-26/1977-06-01
Creator: Haydu, Bernice Falk
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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