Jacqueline Cochran Papers. 1930 - 1975. Air Transport Auxiliary Files

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Jacqueline Cochran Papers. 1930 - 1975. Air Transport Auxiliary Files

1941-1944

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/580833

This series contains correspondence, reports, personnel forms and memoranda pertaining to Jacqueline Cochran's work with the Air Transport Auxiliary. Most of this material consists of application forms and letters of inquiry from women seeking admission to the program. There is also a small quantity of official correspondence on the administration of the program and social correspondence between Jacqueline Cochran and the women pilots who served in England.

Approximately 4,000 pages

eng, Latn

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6484564

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906?-1980

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Jacqueline Cochran, cosmetics executive and world-famous aviatrix, was the product of obscure origins. Born Bessie Pittman, born 1906/1908/1910, in northwest Florida (sources differ on her birth year). The Pittmans were and impoverished family that moved from one town to another in search of work. Even as a child, Bessie possessed an unusual amount of drive and ambition. She resented the limited opportunities available to her in such an environment, especially after she was told the Pittmans wer...