A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
WAVES Bernice Sansbury and Violet Falkum work on the engine of an SNJ, in today’s entry in our series of photographs of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation. The photograph of the aviation machinist’s mates was taken in Jacksonville, Florida, in September 1943.
The photograph comes from the national archives.
In today’s entry in our series of photographs of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation, WAVE Evelyn Schultz works in the waist blister of a PBY patrol bomber. The photograph of the aviation machinist’s mate was taken in Jacksonville, Florida, in September 1943.
The photograph comes from the national archives.
Inside this Navy aviation hangar (the O&R Building), WAVE Ann Garman talked with a seaman guard. We had a chance to shoot inside some of these hangars for the film, and the light and architecture is amazing.
This September 1943 photograph was taken at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, and is today’s entry in our series of photographs of WAVES at work in the Naval aviation.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
WAVES Parachute Rigger Mary Arnold puts a parachute in an SNJ at NAS Jacksonville, FL c. September 1943. The photo comes from the U.S. National Archives.
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.
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