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United States Army Air Forces patch for the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment, circa 1943-1945. The patch features Fifinella, mascot of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs).

Aerial photograph of Avenger Field, Texas, taken from a North American AT-6 Texan aircraft, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "These are shots of Avenger from the AT.6 in the traffic pattern."

Aerial photograph of an unidentified airfield, circa 1943-1945.

Photograph of a barracks building and control tower, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "Here's our barracks with the control tower looking down on us. This is why we don't sun bathe on the roofs."

Photograph of (from left to right) Betty Jo Streff, Alberta Paskvan, Bill Grout, and Carol Nicholson, circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "Betty Jo Streff, Bert Paskvan - Bill Grout - the man who helped me thru that accident business in P.T.'s.…

Items from Box One, Folder 1 of The Carol (Nicholson) Lewis Collection, circa 1944-1946. Folder contains 14 documents related to Lewis’s World War II service with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).

Items from Box One, Folder 3 of The Carol (Nicholson) Lewis Collection, circa 1943-1946. Folder contains 13 assorted flight-related items, including a Wallace Air Service decal, flight and military documents, and two memo books with handwritten…

Items from Box One, Folder 4 of The Carol (Nicholson) Lewis Collection, circa 1944-1945. Folder contains nine financial documents for Lewis, including payroll stubs from the War Department, documents related to war savings bonds, and Internal Revenue…

Photograph of Carol Nicholson (left) and Dink Williams (right), circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This is Dink Williams - our dispatcher in primary. It's a bad picture of her - very!"

Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen Carol Nicholson (left) and Dottie Smith (right) leaning against the wing of an aircraft, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This is Dottie Smith + me. She's one of my favorite gals…