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Title	[Three WASPs in front of propeller, circa 1944]
Date	1944
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	Jane B. Doyle (left) and two fellow WASPs pose together on a tarmac in front of a plane, circa 1944. Doyle wears the WASP battle jacket and slacks with a field cap. The middle WASP wears the Santiago blue dress uniform with skirt and beret but no jacket, while the WASP on the right wears the Santiago blue dress uniform with slacks and a field cap, also without the jacket.
Veteran's name	Doyle, Mildred Jane Baessley
Veteran's biography	M. Jane B. Doyle (b. 1921) of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served in the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) from 1943 to 1944. Mildred Jane Doyle was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 13 October 1921. In 1939 she graduated from Grand Rapids Senior High School and enrolled in Grand Rapids Junior College. While there, she earned her private pilot license through the Civilian Pilot Training Program. In the fall of 1940, Doyle transferred to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where she also served in the Civil Air Patrol. She graduated in 1943 and worked briefly as a graphic designer in Ann Arbor. Doyle enlisted in the WASP in 1943 and went to Sweetwater, Texas, for training in November. Following graduation in May 1944, she reported to Seymour, Indiana, for engine school. There she worked in the engineering hangar as a test pilot. In August of 1944, she married a fellow air force pilot. She resigned from the WASP in October of that year after hearing rumors that the program would be disbanded . For the next year, Doyle moved with her husband to his various duty stations. In 1946, while he was stationed in Japan, she maintained her pilot license by renting a plane. The couple later settled in Ann Arbor in 1947 and had five children.
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	WV0402 M. Jane Doyle Papers
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0402.6.002
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	900814853

[Three WASPs in front of propeller, circa 1944]

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