[Boeing representative and WASP servicewomen with Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Ladybird"]

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Identifier1986-12-09-A_image_001Parts1986-12-09-A_image_001_01SourceThe Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs (1986-12-09-A)DescriptionPhotograph of (from left to right) a Boeing Company representative and WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen Dora J. Dougherty and Dorothea J. Moorman with "Ladybird," a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft, at Eglin Field, Florida, June 1944. The plane's designation is painted on the fuselage, along with Fifinella, a female gremlin designed by Walt Disney and used by the WASP

Caption on verso: "WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) Miss Dora J. Dougherty (left) and Mrs. Dorothea J. Moorman accept aircraft papers from a representative of the Boeing Company for the B-29 'Ladybird' at Eglin Filed, Fla. June 1944. The symbol on the aircraft is 'Fifinella,' a lady gremlin, designed by Walt Disney for the WASP organization."

Inscription: "(PG-27: June: 44-4150). Restricted."Creation Date1944-06SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.).Strother, Dora Jean Dougherty, 1921- Moorman, Dorothea J.Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345)Airplanes, MilitaryAir pilots, MilitaryWomen air pilotsEglin Air Force Base (Fla.)PlaceFloridaUnited StatesLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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