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Title
[Violet
Cowden
in
A-2
leather
jacket
,
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
Portrait
of
WASP
Violet
Thurn
Cowden
in an
A-2
leather
bomber
jacket
and
scarf
. The
WASP
Fifinella
patch
can
be
seen
on the
jacket
.
Veteran's name
Cowden, Violet Thurn
Veteran's biography
Violet
Thurn
Cowden
(1917-2011)
of
South
Dakota
served
in the
WASP
from
1943
to
1944
.
Violet
Thurn
Cowden
was
born
in
South
Dakota
to a
farming
family
. She
graduated
from
high
school
in
1934
and
enrolled
at
Black
Hills
State
University
in
Spearfish
,
South
Dakota
. She
graduated
in
1936
and
worked
as a
teacher
in
town
.
While
there, she
took
flying
lessons
and
earned
her
private
pilot’s
license
.
When
war
was
declared
,
Cowden
enlisted
in the
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service—U.S
.
Navy)
.
Before
her
basic
training
, she was
contacted
by the
WASP
and
accepted
into
class
44-W-4
. She
began
training
at
Avenger
Field
in
Sweetwater
,
Texas
, in
March
of
1943
. She
graduated
in
August
1943
and was
sent
to
Love
Field
in
Dallas
,
Texas
,
where
she
ferried
planes
. She also
completed
pursuit
school
in
Brownsville
,
Texas
.
When
the
WASP
was
disbanded
in
December
of
1944
,
Cowden
spent
a
year
in
New
York
City
where
she
worked
for an
airport
in a
non-flight
position
. She
later
moved
to
California
and
started
a
ceramics
business
with a
fellow
WASP
and a
high
school
classmate
.
Cowden
remained
active
in
WASP
alumnae
affairs
,
having
served
as the
president
of the
regional
and
national
organizations
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
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
WV0399 Violet Cowden Papers
Collection summary
Related
Material:""Wings
of
Silver
: The
Vi
Cowden
Story
"
DVD
in the
WV0002
General
Printed
Materials
and
Video
recordings
Collection
.
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
WV0399.6.003
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
900814620
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