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Title
[Dorothy
Avery
beside
AT-17
"
Bobcat
"
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
Dorothy
Avery
poses
beside
an
C-45
Expeditor
airplane
on a
tarmac
,
circa
1943
. She
wears
the
WASP
santiago
blue
dress
uniform
with
slacks
but
without
belt
.
Veteran's name
Avery, Dorothy
Veteran's biography
Dorothy
Avery
(1917-1999)
was a
pilot
in the
WASPs
(Women
Airforce
Service
Pilots)
from
1943-1944
, then
worked
as an
inspector
for
Navy-Lockheed
Service
Center
.
Dorothy
"
Dottie
"
Avery
was a
member
of the
7th
class
of
WASPS
,
beginning
her
training
at
Avenger
Field
in
Sweetwater
,
Texas
, in
May
1943
.
After
graduating
in
November
of
1943
, she was
sent
to
Mather
Field
,
California
, for
advanced
training
and was
later
stationed
at
March
Field
in
California
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Full uniform
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
WV0204 Dorothy Avery Papers
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
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subject
to
copyright
.
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holder
noted
above
for
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0204.6.014
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
900812212
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