Photos Taken in Texas | World War II Database

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Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 2 of 5	Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 3 of 5

Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 4 of 5	Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 5 of 5

Aerial view of CG-4A gliders landing in groups of three at a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. One C-47 Skytrain tow plane is visible in the upper left.	C-47 Skytrain practicing parachute supply drops at a training area in Texas, 1943.

C-47 Skytrain tow planes lined up on a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943.	One C-47 Skytrain tow plane on the taxiway at a glider training airstrip in Texas and one CG-4A glider on the ramp, 1943.

WASP cadets Leonora Anderson and Mildred Axton show off the oversized and ill-fitting jump suits provided to the WASP program, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, May 1943.	With trucks lined up along the airstrip, CG-4A gliders land in groups of three at a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943.

Jackie Cochran with WASP trainees at Avenger Field, Texas, United States, 1943-44.	Marie O’Dean “Deanie” Bishop in the cockpit of a basic trainer aircraft during her WASP training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, 11 Mar 1944. Photo may be from her first solo flight.

WASP pilot Barbara Erickson being awarded the Air Medal from the Army Air Forces Commanding General, Henry “Hap” Arnold, during the graduation ceremony for WASP cadet class 44-W-2, Avenger Field, Texas, 11 Mar 1944	WASP Cadet Class 44-W-4 “Baymates” (barrack mates). Back Row: Dorothy Allen, Jane Baessler, Deanie Bishop. Front Row: Ina Barkley, Jo Naker. Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, Apr 1944

WASP pilot Nancy Nesbit seated in the cockpit of an AT-6 Texan at Love Field, Dallas, Texas, United States, 1944	WASP pilot Susie Winston Bain, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, May 1944

WASP pilot Margaret Phelan Taylor, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, Jun 1944	Eight WASP pilots in front of a North American AT-6 Texan 3 days before the WASPs were disbanded, Waco Army Airfield, Texas, United States, Nov 27, 1944. Photo 1 of 2.

Eight WASP pilots in front of a North American AT-6 Texan 3 days before the WASPs were disbanded, Waco Army Airfield, Texas, United States, Nov 27, 1944. Photo 2 of 2.