A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
WAVE Aviation Machinist’s Mate Bernice Sansbury winds the inertia starter of an SNJ, 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.
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.
Getting the plane prepped includes making sure all the safety equipment is one board. Here, WAVE Mary Arnold puts a parachute into an SNJ. ,Today’s entry in our series of photographs of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation was taken at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in September 1943.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
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