Codye Gwen Clinkscales “Parachute Swagger”
Title
Codye Gwen Clinkscales “Parachute Swagger”
Subject
Women air pilots -- United States
WASP
Description
Codye Gwen Clinkscales, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), wearing a flight suit and parachute. She describes how she appears on the back of the photograph: "This stance is known as the parachute swagger. After lugging fore [sic] of them around all day you can't straighten up. Do not the glove protruding from the knee pocket."
Creator
Photo Courtesy of Clink Linder
Source
IWASM Original Photo Collection, International Women's Air and Space Museum
Date
ca. 1943
Contributor
Heidi Fearing/Kimberly Cole
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests contact the International Women's Air & Space Museum at info@iwasm.org
Identifier
Original Photo No. 309
Coverage
Texas
Collection
Citation
Photo Courtesy of Clink Linder, “Codye Gwen Clinkscales “Parachute Swagger”,” International Women's Air & Space Museum, accessed March 28, 2024, https://iwasm.omeka.net/items/show/1440.