Welcome, November! We wrap up aviation week with the cover of the November, 1944 WAVES Newsletter. It features a WAVE loading parachute rigging gear in a Naval plane.
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Plane Workers
Happy Halloween! We continue aviation week with a treat not a trick: WAVES repairing planes during World War II.
The photo comes from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
The Control Tower
Moving from training to doing, as we continue aviation week. In this c. 1945 photograph, WAVES talk to pilots from the flight control tower.
The photo was published in the WAVES Newsletter, and it comes from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
Training Pilots
Aviation week continues with this c. 1944 photograph of a Navy WAVE working the headsets on the Link flight simulation unit. She’ll use the microphone to help direct the pilot trainee and let him know if he is flying correctly or has “crashed.”
The photo comes from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
The Link Trainer
Continuing in our “aviation week” theme, this photo shows an unidentified WAVE and Navy pilot trainee working with the Link instructor. The pilot is learning the skills of instrument flight.
The photo comes from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
Aviation Week!
We’re going to round out the month of October here at the Hinges of History blog with a look at WAVES in aviation.
This photo is of an unidentified WAVE sitting in the “cockpit” of a Link trainer, which was used to train Navy pilots in the skills of instrument flight.
It comes from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
Checking the Connections
WAVES Ida Kathleen Hashinger and Caroline Henderson work on wiring harnesses for engine electrical connects at Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida.
The October 1943 photograph by Ens. V. Jorgensen comes from the National Archives.
The “Christmas Tree”
Yes, we realize it’s only October and too early for Christmas decorations! But this “Christmas Tree” is a place where equipment is stored and organized. WAVE Mary Edna Miller headed there to grab some nuts and bolts in this 1943 photograph.
It’s by Ens. V. Jorgensen and it comes from the National Archives.
WAVES the Riveters
It’s not just Rosies who had riveting duties. Here, WAVES at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, do some repair work on a plane. They are (left to right) Mary Cleo Smith, Doris Youlio, and Mary Gale Booth.
The photograph by Ens. V. Jorgensen comes from the National Archives.
Engine Repair
WAVES learn to repair and maintain engines on a Navy flight plane during training in Norman, Oklahoma.
The photograph by Lt. JG Wayne Miller comes from the National Archives.
