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ScrapbookEntry/Object ID
2025.0.10Description
Dismantled scrapbook that almost certainly was created by Janet Hargrave, who received her pilot training during WWII. She was a member of Class 44-W-5 at Sweetwater, TX.
It includes:
An article from Life magazine about female Air Force pilots titled, "Girl Pilots: Air Force Trains Them at Avenger Field, Texas."
A letter from Charm magazine written by Emily Chapin, one of the first Ferry Command Pilots.
An article from an unknown publication titled, "Take Wings," by Col. Herbert S. Fox regarding Tennessee's aviation experiment with women.
Letter from Harry Ross Aeronautics, Manzanar Airport, Manzanar, California, May 19, 1943 agreeing to furnish her with a maximum of 50 hours flying time to prepare her for her private pilots license.
Inland Stages bus ticket to Independence, May 29, 1943.
Letter from the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment, Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School (Women), in Sweetwater, Texas.
Application and agreement to apply for a Certificate of Approval to take Flight Instruction or Flight Tests for Private in order to become a Ferry Pilot.
Business card for the French Inn in Independence, Charles Pritchett, Proprietor.
Hand-drawn map and notes relating to flying.
Receipt from Harry Ross Aeronautics, 06/14/1943.
Letter from Harry Ross Aeronautics, 07/31/1943, to Jacqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots, certifying that Miss Janet Hargrave completed the 35 hours required to enter the Women's Flight Training School.
Photos of barracks at Sweetwater, Aviation Enterprises Ltd., planes, hangers, buildings, instructors (one of whom might be Charles Dornberger), mechanic, the office girl "Chiefy," various people, guys from the CPT [Civilian Pilot Training] program, her friends Jean and Janet, her sister "Onie [Marian?]," and a Frasher photo postcard titled, "Mt. Williamson, Independence, California."
