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[Six WASPs of 44-W-9 with Instructor Pilot and Officer]

Description: Labeled photograph of six WASP trainees of class 44-W-9 wearing flight suits and gear, with a male instructor pilot in a flight suit and a male officer in a service uniform. From left to right, standing: Virginia Potthoff, Margaret Phillips, Marry Ann Showers, and Joan Olmstead. Seated from the left to right are Betty Martin and Penny Pierce, who are both smoking. Behind them is a billboard with the class's schedule and progress.
Date: June 21, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Six WASPs of 44-W-9 with Instructor Pilot and Officer, Labeled]

Description: Labeled photograph of six WASP trainees of class 44-W-9 wearing flight suits and gear, with a male instructor pilot in a flight suit and a male officer in a service uniform. From left to right, standing: Virginia Potthoff, Margaret Phillips, Marry Ann Showers, and Joan Olmstead. Seated from the left to right are Betty Martin and Penny Pierce, who are both smoking. Behind them is a billboard with the class's schedule and progress.
Date: June 21, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Sarah Rewey on Biplane Wing]

Description: Photograph of WASP Sarah Rewey kneeling on the port wing of a biplane, wearing her flight cap and looking off to her left. A wire strut runs across the center of the photo while the lower wing takes up the bottom-third.
Date: 1944-06-08~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Wooden Plane]

Description: Small, wooden plane with the words, "Keep 'em flying" burned into the wings and "Abilene, Tx" burned into the back. A label is attached to the plane with string and is address from "Mother" to Moris Baxter.
Date: 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 6, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying out of Kansas City, news about the invasion of Normandy, her friend Nancy Nesbitt, recent correspondence, flying P-51s at high altitude, books, physical examinations, and her friend Bobby's marriage. Typed on the back of official memo cards.
Date: June 6, 1944, 1:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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