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Title
[WASPs
sunbathe
beside
a
barracks
,
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
WASPs
at
Avenger
Field
,
Texas
,
lie
out
beside
barracks
,
circa
1943
. The
caption
by
Dorothy
Avery
reads
, "a
day
of
rain
-
a
day
of
rest.
"
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
.
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
WV0204 Dorothy Avery Papers
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0204.6.006
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
900811879
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