WAVES at boot camp in Cedar Falls, Iowa, do calisthenics as part of their training. The February 1943 photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Drill, Part II
WAVES drilling at the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. Note the drill sergeant giving instructions at the far left. The photo comes from the National Archives.
The Drill
WAVES drilling at the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Airplane Maintenance
From the caption for the 1943 Navy publicity photo: “The WAVES are really being trained to help in the maintenance of Naval aeroplanes.”
They’re at NATTC in Norman, Oklahoma. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Apart and Back Together
At the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, WAVES learned how to take airplanes apart as well as put them back together again. As the caption says, it “makes these girls an important part of Naval Aviation.”
The 1943 photograph comes from the National Archives.
Inspection!
WAVES in their barracks await inspection at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. The photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Classroom
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.
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.
Hinges of History 