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Carol (Nicholson) Lewis WASP Collection
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[Servicewoman assisting Carol Nicholson into cockpit of Stearman PT-17 Kaydet aircraft]
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2009-05-07_image_082
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The Carol (Nicholson) Lewis WASP Collection (2009-05-07), Box 1, Folder 11
Description
Photograph of a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewoman assisting Carol Nicholson into the cockpit of a Stearman PT-17 Kaydet aircraft, circa 1943-1945
Inscription on verso: "S'a tough squeeze. What I need is a shoe horn."
Creation Date
circa 1943-1945
Subject
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army Air Forces
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Women air pilots
Women in aeronautics
Lewis, Carol (Nicholson), 1923-1987
Stearman (1927) PT-17 Kaydet (Model A75N1)
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Airplanes, Military
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photographic prints
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The Carol (Nicholson) Lewis WASP Collection/The Museum of Flight
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[Servicewoman assisting Carol Nicholson into cockpit of Stearman PT-17 Kaydet aircraft]
, [2009-05-07_image_082]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 21/01/2026, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/13193