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[Legal Statement of George Hight #2]

Description: Legal statement of George Hight regarding the circumstances of a plane crash and his assessment of Henry S. Awbrey. Flight Instructor Hight gave a check ride to Awbrey and recommended that Awbrey be placed in the primary instructor's refresher course for additional time in primary aircraft before being allowed to conduct a class of instruction; however, his recommendation was not followed. Awbrey was instead placed in a basic trainer and ordered to start instruction. On June 7, 1943, Awbrey and… more
Date: June 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Legal Statement of George Hight #1]

Description: Legal statement of George Hight regarding the circumstances of a plane crash and his assessment of Henry S. Awbrey. Flight Instructor Hight gave a check ride to Awbrey and recommended that Awbrey be placed in the primary instructor's refresher course for additional time in primary aircraft before being allowed to conduct a class of instruction; however, his recommendation was not followed. Awbrey was instead placed in a basic trainer and ordered to start instruction. On June 7, 1943, Awbrey and… more
Date: June 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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

[Debris of Plane Crash]

Description: Photograph of a small plane crashed in a field with debris seen scattered across scene. The main hull of the plane can be seen to the right, and three men can be seen standing to the far left. A note can be seen on the back of the photo that reads, "Her safety belt was not fastened and she was trying to do aerobatics. No damage to pilot except a Saddle Oxford came off when parachute opened which to her was a greater loss than the airplane.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Crashed Plane]

Description: Photograph of a plane crashed in a grassy, shrub-like area, with the number 110 seen on both the tail fin and body. More damage can be seen done to the cockpit and engine than the rest of the plane.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Crashed Plane #2]

Description: Photograph of a plane crashed in a grassy, shrub-like area, with the number 110 seen on both the tail fin and body. More damage can be seen done to the cockpit and engine than the rest of the plane.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Plane Crash #2]

Description: Photograph of a crashed plane on a large, flat, outdoor area that appears to be a dirt air field. The plane can be seen upside down with its engine and cockpit mostly destroyed while the tail and wings appear to be more in tact. Another plane can be seen parked to the right in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Plane Crash]

Description: Photograph of a crashed plane on a large, flat, outdoor area that appears to be a dirt air field. The plane can be seen upside down with its engine and cockpit mostly destroyed while the tail and wings appear to be more in tact. Another plane can be seen parked to the right in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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