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Title
[Dorothy
Hoover
beside
airplane
,
circa
1943]
Date
1943
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP)
Item description
WASP
Dorothy
Hoover
, in
flight
suit
with
helmet
and
goggles
,
poses
by the
propeller
of a
Primary
Trainer
airplane
,
circa
1943
.
Veteran's name
Hoover, Dorothy Post
Veteran's biography
Dorothy
“Dot”
Post
Hoover
(1917-2015)
, of
Asheville
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
Women
Airforce
Service
Pilots
(WASP)
from
1943
until
1944
.
Dorothy
“Dot”
Post
Hoover
was
born
in
Asheville
,
North
Carolina
. She
attended
Lee
Edwards
High
School
and then
Biltmore
Junior
College
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Asheville)
,
graduating
in
1934
.
After
a
year
of
business
school
,
Hoover
went
to
work
as a
legal
stenographer
. She
married
in
1938
and the
couple
moved
to
High
Point
,
North
Carolina
, in
1940
, and then to
Greenville
,
South
Carolina
. There
Hoover
learned
to
fly
airplanes
with the
Civilian
Pilot
Training
Program
at
Furman
University
. Her
husband
was
called
to
active
duty
in
1941
, and the
couple
lived
outside
Camp
Davis
,
North
Carolina
,
until
he was
sent
overseas
in
February
1942
.
Hoover
then
returned
to
Asheville
and
worked
in the
bookkeeping
department
of the
Thomas
Farmers’
Federation
. She was
sent
by the
Federation
to be a
clerk
for
A.C
.
Reynolds
in
Raleigh
,
North
Carolina
.
Hoover
enlisted
in the
Women
Airforce
Service
Pilots
(WASP)
in
1943
and was
sent
to
Sweetwater
,
Texas
, for
six
months
of
basic
training
. In
October
1943
she was
assigned
to
training
service
at
South
Plains
Air
Force
Base
,
Lubbock
,
Texas
. There she
flew
a
P-60
that
towed
military
gliders
used
for
glider
pilot
training
. In
summer
1944
, she was
transferred
to
Eagle
Pass
Air
Force
Base
,
Texas
,
where
she
towed
targets
for
aerial
gunnery
practice
. She was then
sent
to
Basic
Instructors’
School
at
Randolph
Field
in
San
Antonio
,
Texas
.
After
completing
the
program
, she
returned
to
Eagle
Pass
AFB
. She was
discharged
from the
WASP
in
December
of
1944
when
the
branch
was
disbanded
.
Hoover
returned
to
Asheville
and
worked
briefly
at the
Farmers
Federation
. She
later
worked
for the
Civil
Air
Patrol
and the
Air
Force
Communications
Agency
headquarters
in
Asheville
before
becoming
a
court
reporter
in the
mid-1960s
.
Hoover
retired
from the
court
system
in
1978
. She
died
in
Asheville
,
North
Carolina
on
15
March
2015
.
Place
Sweetwater
(Tex.)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0170 Dorothy Hoover Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
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to
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.
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holder
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above
for
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0170.6.006
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900811762
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