Identifier2020-11-15_image_005SourceThe Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection (2020-11-15), Box 1, Folder 11DescriptionPhotograph of a graduation ceremony for WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen at Avenger Field, Texas, May 28, 1943. Jacqueline Cochran is on the stage on the far right. Several rows of aircraft, including Vultee BT-13 Valiants, Cessna AT-17s, and North American AT-6 Texans, are visible in the background.
Inscription on verso: "Jacqueline Cochran on platform awarding wings to [illegible] of W-2 as Major McConnell [illegible] officers look on [illegible] W-2 formation in [illegible] of [illegible] stand [illegible] chairs where W-2 sat before receiving wings. Parents and [illegible] of graduates seated directly behind. [illegible] (newest class) acting as guards lined up down towards the 'Meat Wagon' [illegible] row of planes are AT-6s, middle row AT-[illegible] ([illegible] engines) also [illegible] in back ground, then double row of B [illegible] squadron. A [illegible] of [illegible] squadrons. Mary Wiggins, Flight Commander, in front, Virginia Harris, Adjutant, next in line. (Picture taken from the control tower). 5/28/43."
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