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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	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	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

[WASPs sunbathe beside a barracks, circa 1943]

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