Codye Gwen Clinkscales “Parachute Swagger”

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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

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.