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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 1942?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing taking intelligence and personality tests, pay, a letter from Jackie Cochran inviting her to join the "women's ferry training group" (probably the Women's Flying Training Detachment), not getting Christmas off, graduation celebration for her flight class, living accommodations, and coffee. The letter is typed on the back of a sheet for instruction on "nose and tail nulls."
Date: 1942-12~
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, December 22, 1942]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing an inspection of her class by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, seeing the "Army War Show," her student pilots, seeing a dentist, mail and packages, her brother Francis, and uniforms. The letter is typed on the back of two sheets from a set of training instructions for flight controls.
Date: December 22, 1942
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Report on Operations by Fred Harmon]

Description: Report on operations given by Fred Harmon of the Harmon Flying School at Ballinger, Texas. The report states that there are 210 students per class, 110 mechanics for 94 airplanes with 45 women who start at $65 per month. Women took night school course, 2 hours per night, 4 nights a week, while paid $1 per night, for 30 days. The women mechanics proved very steady, very capable, and efficient.
Date: December 16, 1942
Creator: Harmon, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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