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Items from Box 27, Folder 16 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 24, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to a British American Ambulance Corps (BAAC) flying tour, carried out by pilot Miriam Johnson, BAAC Vice President H. Terrell Van Ingen, and radio operator Earl Evans in a Lear-equipped Waco aircraft. The photograph depicts Johnson, Van…
Photographic group portrait of pilots and crew, including two members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), lined up in front of "Ladybird," a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, at Eglin Field, Florida, June 1944. From left to right: Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr, Dorothea J. Moorman, Dora J. Dougherty, Sergeant Raymond Gallagher, Sergeant Don Duzenbury, Sergeant Floyd A. Lemley, Sergeant…
Photograph 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…
Photograph of a graduation ceremony for WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen at Avenger Field, Texas, May 28, 1943. Groups of servicewomen stand in formation in front a Vultee BT-15 Valiant aircraft. Several buildings are visible in the distance, many of which are identified in the verso inscription.
Inscription on verso: "Portion of squadrons 'At Ease' during speeches. [illegible]…
Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen Vivian Cadman, Lillian E. Epsberg, and Dale Dailey carrying an American flag during a graduation ceremony, Avenger Field, Texas, May 28, 1943. Other servicewomen and Vultee BT-15 Valiant aircraft are visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "Vivian Cadman, Lillian Epsberg (with flag), and Dale Dailey. '[illegible] carrying…