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Jackie Cochran
Black and white photograph of Jackie Cochran wearing flight suit and hat, standing in the open cockpit of a T-38 jet. She flew the Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic twin-jet trainer 44.2 miles per hour to a new world's 15 kilometer speed record for…
Wilhelmina Teerling in a B-25
Sepia-toned photograph of WASP pilot Wilhelmina Teerling seated in the cockpit of the B-25 "Wah-Hoo-Wah", T-635. Teerling is in flight gear and is leaning out of the open cockpit window
Wilhelmina Teerling in a BT-13A Airplane
Black and white photograph of WASP pilot Wilhelmina Teerling seated in the cockpit of a BT-13A. She is wearing a white hat and a dark jacket.
Wilhelmina Teerling's WASP Class Photo
Black and white portrait of WASP pilot Wilhelmina Teerling wearing her WASP leather jacket (featuring Fifinella) and scarf. She started her Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) training as a member of the class of 43-W-5 and graduated in the class…
Wilhelmina Teerling in a PT-19 Airplane
Black and white photograph of WASP pilot Wilhelmina Teerling seated in the cockpit of a PT-19 at Avenger Field. Teerling is visible from the neck up and wears flight helmet and goggles.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Class of 1943
Black and white photograph of six WASP pilots from class 43-W-7, all wearing coveralls, standing outside their barracks at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, TX.
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo reads
"The girls…
Wilhelmina M. Teerling is…
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo reads
"The girls…
Wilhelmina M. Teerling is…
B-25 Transition Training
Black and white photograph of 20 WASP pilots (one row standing, one row crouching), in front of the B-25 T-551 plane.
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo reads "Mather Field, Sacramento, California 1944 B-25 Transition
Top row, left to…
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo reads "Mather Field, Sacramento, California 1944 B-25 Transition
Top row, left to…
Katherine Irons and Winifred Wood
Black and white photograph of Katherine Clewis Irons (left) and Winifred Wood (right) wearing first day issue zoot suits (oversized flight suits, army issue) outside the barracks. They are leaning on each other's shoulders.
Codye Gwen Clinkscales
Sepia-toned photograph of Codye Gwen Clinkscales in WASP flight suit, seated on the wheel of a training plane.
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo reads "This shot makes me look sooo long. It’s the perspective partly - anyway I can hope I…
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo reads "This shot makes me look sooo long. It’s the perspective partly - anyway I can hope I…
Codye Gwen Clinkscales in her “Parachute Swagger”
Sepia-toned photograph of Codye Gwen Clinkscales in winter WASP flight suit, wearing parachute on her back and standing near the tip of a plane wing.
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo reads "This stance is known as the parachute…
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo reads "This stance is known as the parachute…
Darlene Calkins, Edythe Carleton, and Codye Gwen Clinkscales
Sepia-toned photograph of three women, all in WASP flight suits/Zoot suits, posing outside the barracks. Darlene and Codye are both crouching while Edythe stands between them with one leg kicked out.
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo…
Handwritten caption on the back of the photo…
Five WASP in Winter Gear
Sepia-toned photograph of five women, standing outside the barracks, all wearing WASP winter flight gear. From left to right: Darlene Calkins, Codye Gwen Clinkscales, Nancy Bulkeley, Lucille Carey, Edythe Carlton
Handwritten caption on the back of…
Handwritten caption on the back of…
Codye and Her Baymates
Sepia-toned photograph of four women, all wearing flight coveralls. The women all have their hair up and wrapped in kerchiefs. From left to right: Codye Gwen Clinkscales, Darlene Calkins, Lucille Carey, Edythe Carlton
Handwritten caption on the…
Handwritten caption on the…
Codye Gwendolyn Clinkscales Saluting
Sepia-toned photograph of Codye Gwen Clinkscales wearing winter flight jacket, flight helmet, and goggles. She is raising her right hand towards her head in a salute.
Yvonne "Pat" Pateman's Graduation Picture
Black and white portrait of Yvonne Pateman, wearing dark jacket and white neckscarf. Used in WASP graduation book.
Caption on the back of the photo reads "'Yvonne Pat Pateman Class graduation book Sept 1943, Avenger Field Sweetwater, TX"
Caption on the back of the photo reads "'Yvonne Pat Pateman Class graduation book Sept 1943, Avenger Field Sweetwater, TX"
Tags: 1940s, WASP, Women Airforce Service Pilots
Pat Pateman Next to PT-19 Trainer Plane.
'Black and white photograph of Pat Pateman, wearing trousers and WASP winter flight jacket, standing with one foot on the wing of a PT-19 trainer and one hand on the side of the plane.
Caption on the back of the photo reads "'Yvonne "Pat" Pateman,…
Caption on the back of the photo reads "'Yvonne "Pat" Pateman,…
Tags: 1940s, PT-19, Women Airforce Service Pilots
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Trainees
Black and white photograph of six women, all in flight suits, standing posed around a trainer plane at Avenger Field.
Caption on the back of the photo reads "WASP Trainees, Sweetwater, TX March 1943
Back row: Mary Ann Wetherby and Ellen Croxton.…
Caption on the back of the photo reads "WASP Trainees, Sweetwater, TX March 1943
Back row: Mary Ann Wetherby and Ellen Croxton.…
Pat Pateman at Yokota Air Base
Black and white photograph of Captain Yvonne Pateman wearing USAF uniform, in a room with five other men also in USAF uniforms. The room is filled with file cabinets and papers. Pateman stands near a table with a typewriter on it.
Caption on back…
Caption on back…
The Ladybird Crew
'Black and white photo of three people all in uniform standing in front of the B-29 "Ladybird". Left to Right: Dorothea "Deedee" Moorman, Colonel Paul Tibbets, and Dora Dougherty Strother standing in front of B-29 "Ladybird"
'Check out in…
'Check out in…
WAFS Queen Bee at Goose Bay
Black and white photograph of six people [two women and four men] standing in front of a B-17 with "WAFS Queen Bee" painted on the nose. The woman on the left is Nancy Harkness Love and on the right is Betty Gillies. The men are…
Tags: 1940s, Goose Bay, WAFS, Women Airforce Service Pilots
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Graduates
Black and white photograph of five women and one man all in uniform standing outside of a barracks-style building. They are all extending their hands or pointing to the camera.
Caption on the back of the photo reads
"After graduation of Class…
Caption on the back of the photo reads
"After graduation of Class…
Ann Kenyon
Ann Keynon wearing a Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) uniform.
Ann Kenyon on an Airplane Wing
Ann Kenyon, a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP), kneels on an airplane wing.
Ann Kenyon in a Military Cafeteria
Ann Kenyon, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), speaks to her commanding officer in a military cafeteria at Camp Hood, Texas.