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 flew 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).

0.5 cu. ft. (1 box, incl. 4 v.).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6774209

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W.A.S.P. (Musical group)

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United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Wing.

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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...

Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

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