Virginia Mae Hope papers 1941-1946.

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Virginia Mae Hope papers 1941-1946.

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Clippings, orders, letters and memorabilia documenting the World War II service of this WASP (Women's Air Service Pilot), who few airplanes for the Army Air Forces Weather Wing out of Patterson Field (Fairfield, Ohio) in 1943-1944, and who died in a plane crash in December 1944. Also included are two student pilot rating books (1941), flight training photos and memorabilia (1943), and her flight log (1941-1944).

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Hope, Virginia Mae, 1921-1944.

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Virginia Mae Hope was born August 17, 1921, the daughter of Robert Q. and Adaline A. Hope of Winnebago, Minnesota. Early in 1941, during a term at Northwestern University, she enrolled in a flight training course and obtained a pilot's license. In 1943 she enrolled in the Women's Air Service Pilots (WASP) and spent six months at its training camp in Sweetwater, Texas. The WASP was part of the Army Air Forces' World War II civilian pilot recruitment program, instituted to...