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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 27, 1944?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing travelling from Pensacola to New Orleans, a scarcity of hotel rooms, seeing "the" sea plane, meeting a friend, and getting certain flying ratings. Included is an address and number for her hotel.
Date: 1944-01-27?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 18, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent correspondence with friends, buying bonds, almost quitting the Red Cross, spending time with freed prisoners of war, work, giving her father power of attorney, her brother (?) John leaving the Navy, going to the movies, visiting Saipan, and supplies.
Date: September 18, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 1, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being snowed-in in Lincoln, NE, flying from there to Dallas in a P-51, a crate of oranges from the recipient, recent correspondence, ferrying more P-51s, her uniform, planning to visit with Jackie Cochran, and plans for after the WASP are disbanded. Typed on Sheraton Hotel stationary.
Date: December 1, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, October 11, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing work, pictures from occupied Japan, finding a florist/landscaper on Guam, a B-29 pilot who named his plane "City of Jacksonville," recreating, taxes, her dislike of how the Red Cross is managed and an overabundance of workers; the remainder is difficult to read. Typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: October 11, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a Life Magazine article on Guam, bonds and finances, the end of hostilities with Japan, a visit from an admiral, a friend trying to get in touch, withdrawal of Marines, recent work, indoor flooding, sewing panties from cloth maps, running a "bulletin board of the air," swimming, and her friend Phyllis. Typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: August 21, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 6, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a recent letter, pictures of her Red Cross living quarters, getting a subscription to the New Yorker, using a Clubmobile, meeting someone from Jacksonville, clothes, the rain, attending a dance and her friend Phyllis climbing on a roof to take pictures, and advice on whether a friend (family member?) should join the Red Cross. Typed on Hotel Belleville stationary.
Date: July 6, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 8, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing not being able to deliver a P-51 due to weather, the 1944 presidential election, family news, thoughts on Texans and southerners, her grandfather's health and 90th birthday, Jackie Cochran, Cornelia's reputation among WASPs, changing her name with the Civil Service, and the end of the WASP. Typed on Sheraton Hotel stationary.
Date: November 8, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 9, 1946]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her mother) discussing recent correspondence, a Christmas package, money, letters from friends, getting leave to come home, seeking a transfer to China, picking up food around Guam, and flying with bomber crews. Typed on American Red Cross stationary.
Date: January 9, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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