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Object Description
Title
[Women
Airforce
Service
Pilots
battledress
jacket
,
1944]
Date
1944
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
Women
Airforce
Service
Pilots
(WASP)
Santiago
blue
battledress
jacket
with
two
patch
pockets
,
blue
plastic
buttons
covered
by a
closure
flap
,
waistband
buttoned
on the
left
sideW.A.S.P.
"
pin
on
right
collar
,
WASP
wings
above
left
pocket
flap
, and
Fifinella
patch
on the
left
pocket
,
1944
.
Missing
wing
and
propeller
insignia
on
left
collar
. This
jacket
worn
by
Susie
Winston
Bain
in
1944
.
Veteran's name
Bain, Susie Marie Winston
Veteran's biography
Susie
Winston
Bain
(1922-2017)
of
Bay
City
,
Texas
, was a
WASP
(Women
Airforce
Service
Pilots)
during
World
War
II
.
Susie
M
.
Winston
Bain
was
born
21
July
1922
in
Markham
,
Texas
, and
raised
in
Bay
City
,
Texas
. Her
mother
was a
musician
and her
father
was in the
automobile
business
. She
graduated
from
high
school
in
1940
and
studied
home
economics
at the
University
of
Texas
. In
early
1942
she
found
a
job
in an
accountant’s
office
in
Houston
.
Bain
took
flying
lessons
in
order
to
qualify
for the
newly
formed
WASP
in
1943
. She
interviewed
and
joined
the
WASP
at
Love
Field
in
Dallas
,
Texas
, in
November
1943
.
After
six
months
of
basic
training
at
Avenger
Field
outside
of
Sweetwater
,
Texas
,
Bain
graduated
in
Class
44-W-4
,
Flight
1
, on
23
May
1944
. She was
sent
to
Love
Field
in
where
she
ferried
PT-19s
across
the
country
. In
September
1944
,
after
a
short
stint
at
Garden
City
,
Kansas
,
Bain
was
transferred
to
Laredo
,
Texas
,
where
she
flew
B-26s
and
towed
targets
for
men's
live
ammunition
practice
.
Susie
Bain
met
her
future
husband
,
Carson
Bain
,
while
they were
stationed
in
Laredo
. She
requested
an
early
discharge
to
marry
him in
November
1944
,
after
it
was
announced
that the
WASP
would
disband
the
following
month
. She
followed
him to
several
duty
stations
, and the
Bains
moved
to
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
,
after
Carson's
discharge
. The
couple
later
divorced
and
Mrs
.
Bain
relocated
to
Austin
,
Texas
.
Type
image
Original format
textiles
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
WV0185 Susie Winston Bain Papers, 1943-2000
Collection summary
Correspondence
,
Artifacts
,
textiles
,
printed
material
,
clippings
, and an
oral
history
interview
document
Susie
Winston
Bain's
1943-1944
service
as a
WASP
.
Letters
from
Bain
to her
family
describe
daily
life
on
base
in
Laredo
,
Texas
, in
1944
.
Military
and
personal
papers
document
Bain's
activities
as a
pilot
during
WWII
and in
post-war
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
.
Photographs
illustrate
WASP
and their
planes
,
while
printed
material
records
WASP
contributions
and
related
organizations
.
Bain's
oral
history
interview
details
her
early
life
, her
military
experiences
, and the
effects
of her
service
on her
life
after
the
war
.
Prominent
subjects
include
Jacqueline
Cochrane
,
Nancy
Love
,
Hap
Arnold
,
Eleanor
Roosevelt
, and
women
in the
military
.
Textiles
include
Bain's
WASP
battle
jacket
and
reunion
materials
.
Series/grouping
7: Textiles, 1944-1992
Box
1
Folder
1: Santiago Blue Battle Jacket with Fifinella Patch, 1944
Finding aid link
http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=265
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information
NO
COPYRIGHT
-
UNITED
STATES
. This
item
has been
determined
to be
free
of
copyright
restrictions
in the
United
States
. The
user
is
responsible
for
determining
actual
copyright
status
for any
reuse
of the
material
.
Object ID
WV0185.8.001
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
900817536
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