WAVES receive instruction in Aviation Machinist’s Mates’ class at Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. The photograph comes from the National Archives.
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Repair Shop
WAVES work on a plane in the assembly and repair shop at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. They are: Lucille Henderson, Darline Wagner, Phoebe Swan, Ruth Potter and Juanita Hess.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Plane Workers
In this photograph from 1943, WAVES work on a plane at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Normal, Oklahoma. It comes from the National Archives.
Machinist’s Mate
WAVE Eileen Dempsey in in training as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate at Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Checking Specifications
In this photograph from the National Archives, WAVES work on hinge fitting plate check specifications. They’re in training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, 1943.
Last Cedar Falls Boot Camp
By February of 1943, the WAVES would move their enlisted training facility to Hunter College in the Bronx, New York. Here, WAVES in the last boot camp at Cedar Falls, Iowa, in early 1943 listen to a lecture.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Under Wing in Pasco
WAVES of the NAS in Pasco, Washington. January 19, 1943. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Smile!
WAVE Alice Larrick is attached to the Photo Lab of Berlin Field, auxiliary of the Naval Air Training Bases, Pensacola, Fla. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Shopping at Ship Service
WAVES in their private ship service at NATTC, Norman, Oklahoma, c. 1943. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Bon Voyage! (pt. 2)
Waves wish Bluejackets Bon Voyage as they carry their seabags up the gang plank, c. January 1943. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 