A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
WAVE Aviation Machinist’s Mate Evelyn Schultz works in the waist blister of a PBY patrol bomber in today’s entry in our series of photographs of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation. This September 1943 photograph was taken at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Two unidentified WAVES aviation machinist’s mates inspect an engine, in today’s entry in our series of photographs of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation.
The photograph comes from Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe Institution for Advanced Studies.
WAVE Lydia Mumpower works on the engine of a PBY patrol bomber, in today’s entry in our series of photographs of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation. This September 1943 photograph was taken at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
This latest image in our series of photographs from September 1943 of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation comes from Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Here, WAVES Doris Brooks and Nikki Foster scrape the struts of a PBY Airleon section.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Continuing our series of photographs from September 1943 of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation, WAVE Mary Arnold jumps down after finishing work on an SNJ training plane at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Today’s image continues our series of photographs from September 1943 of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation. In this photo, WAVES Mary Arnold, Violet Falkum, and Bernice Stansbury adjust the intake on an SNJ training plane at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Continuing our series of photographs from September 1943 of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation, today’s image shows WAVE Bernice Sansbury adjusting the spark plugs on n SNJ training plane at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Happy Labor Day!
Today we begin a series of photographs from September 1943 of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation. In this photo, WAVE Violet Falkum spins the propeller of an SNJ training plane at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Happy September!
Today’s artifact is the WAVES newsletter from September 1943. This was a monthly publication sent to all WAVES no matter where they were stationed.
It comes from Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies.
What is on your shopping plans this weekend? For this WAVE, new shoes were a must. Note the instruction sign in the upper left explaining what enlisted personnel must do in order to get “shoe certificates.” During World War II, many materials were rationed for the war effort, and so things like leather shoes were limited.
The 1943 photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 