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.
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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.
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.
