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Black and white photograph of seven Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) pilots, all in uniform, walking across an airfield with multiple planes in the background. in the foreground of the image is the nose and propeller of a single-engine…

Ruth Nichols, pioneer female pilot and future lieutenant colonel in the Civil Air Patrol, uses the back end of a plane as a hard surface to write. On either side of her or two men in suits. On the plane is the logo for Relief Wings, a civilian air…

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.



Black and white portrait of Helen Richey wearing her Air Transport Auxiliary uniform.

Photo is signed "All the best, Richey"

Class of 43-5
First woman to fly a jet plane

Class of 44-10
"Come on now, Dreier."

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"Ain't that a pistol"

Class of 44-3
"Oh Mac-"

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300 Geneseo Road
"At ease, you all!"

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Deceased

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