[Memorandum from Plosser-Prince Air Academy, January 12, 1942]
One of 430 items in the
series:
Prince Collection available on this site.
Description
Memorandum from Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing a recent dispatch order, Serial No. 102114, from The Bureau of Aeronautics to The Commandant, Eleventh Naval District.
Located at Avenger Field in Nolan County Texas, the WASP World War II Museum commits to preserving the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. As a teaching museum, it features archives, exhibits, and oral histories that record a significant period in history when women dared to break barriers and contribute to victory.
Memorandum from Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing a recent dispatch order, Serial No. 102114, from The Bureau of Aeronautics to The Commandant, Eleventh Naval District.
This letter is part of the following collections of related materials.
National WASP WWII Museum
Bringing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots to life, these archives represent the role of the flight school in training women pilots to fly military planes and show how WASPs responded socially and professionally to new challenges brought by war. Included are financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pilots' logs, and flight manuals.
Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.
These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.
Plosser-Prince Air Academy.[Memorandum from Plosser-Prince Air Academy, January 12, 1942],
letter,
January 12, 1942;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth862494/:
accessed June 10, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting National WASP WWII Museum.