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Six letters from Bain to her family in Bay City, Texas. Most of letters were sent from Laredo, Texas, where Bain co-piloted B-26 planes. Bain described her daily activities, the joy she felt at flying, the WASP's frustration at not being allowed to pilot the planes, and her impending marriage.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Documents Susie Bain's early life, school experiences, her military service and its relation to her opinions and non-military life, her life in Greensboro, North Carolina, after the war, and her feelings about her military service. Bain provides impressions of Jacqueline Cochrane, Nancy Love, Hap Arnold, Eleanor Roosevelt, and her understanding of how the WASP was established. She also describes Cochrane's ongoing efforts to militarize the women, negative attitudes toward the organization...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Papers document Bain's military and personal activities. Records from Bain's military career include her diploma, graduation certificate, military correspondence, papers related to military affairs in Sweetwater, Texas, and Bain's flight log. Also included is a copy of a 1993 oral history interview with Bain that was conducted by the American Airpower Heritage Museum in Midland, Texas. Personal papers include WWII reminiscences and clippings about Bain's life in Greensboro, North Carolina,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Papers document Bain's military and personal activities. Records from Bain's military career include her diploma, graduation certificate, military correspondence, papers related to military affairs in Sweetwater, Texas, and Bain's flight log. Also included is a copy of a 1993 oral history interview with Bain that was conducted by the American Airpower Heritage Museum in Midland, Texas. Personal papers include WWII reminiscences and clippings about Bain's life in Greensboro, North Carolina,...

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Black-and-white photographs illustrate Susie Bain's service as a WASP in 1944. Subjects include Bain in uniform and flight jacket; Bain in the cockpit; and groups of WASPs. Also included are several color photographs of the 1986 and 2000 Sweetwater reunions.

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Bound volumes, reunion material, magazine and newspaper articles, and miscellaneous brochures and programs document Bain's WWII experiences and her continued involvement with WASP-related organizations. WASP materials include a 1944 Christmas card from Avenger Field, a 1944 WASP yearbook, and a 1945 WASP roster that lists Bain. Articles, clippings, and brochures from the 1970s to 2000 document WASP reunions, WASP contributions during the war, and ongoing WASP-related activities.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Black-and-white photographs illustrate Susie Bain's service as a WASP in 1944. Subjects include Bain in uniform and flight jacket; Bain in the cockpit; and groups of WASPs. Also included are several color photographs of the 1986 and 2000 Sweetwater reunions.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Black-and-white photographs illustrate Susie Bain's service as a WASP in 1944. Subjects include Bain in uniform and flight jacket; Bain in the cockpit; and groups of WASPs. Also included are several color photographs of the 1986 and 2000 Sweetwater reunions.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, artifacts, textiles, printed material, clippings, and an oral history interview document Susie Winston Bain's 1943-1944 service as a WASP. Letters from Bain to her family describe daily life on base in Laredo, Texas, in 1944. Military and personal papers document Bain's activities as a pilot during WWII and in post-war Greensboro, North Carolina. Photographs illustrate WASPs and their planes, while printed material records WASP contributions and related organizations. Bain's...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Bound volumes, reunion material, magazine and newspaper articles, and miscellaneous brochures and programs document Bain's WWII experiences and her continued involvement with WASP-related organizations. WASP materials include a 1944 Christmas card from Avenger Field, a 1944 WASP yearbook, and a 1945 WASP roster that lists Bain. Articles, clippings, and brochures from the 1970s to 2000 document WASP reunions, WASP contributions during the war, and ongoing WASP-related activities.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Bound volumes, reunion material, magazine and newspaper articles, and miscellaneous brochures and programs document Bain's WWII experiences and her continued involvement with WASP-related organizations. WASP materials include a 1944 Christmas card from Avenger Field, a 1944 WASP yearbook, and a 1945 WASP roster that lists Bain. Articles, clippings, and brochures from the 1970s to 2000 document WASP reunions, WASP contributions during the war, and ongoing WASP-related activities.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Bound volumes, reunion material, magazine and newspaper articles, and miscellaneous brochures and programs document Bain's WWII experiences and her continued involvement with WASP-related organizations. WASP materials include a 1944 Christmas card from Avenger Field, a 1944 WASP yearbook, and a 1945 WASP roster that lists Bain. Articles, clippings, and brochures from the 1970s to 2000 document WASP reunions, WASP contributions during the war, and ongoing WASP-related activities.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Bound volumes, reunion material, magazine and newspaper articles, and miscellaneous brochures and programs document Bain's WWII experiences and her continued involvement with WASP-related organizations. WASP materials include a 1944 Christmas card from Avenger Field, a 1944 WASP yearbook, and a 1945 WASP roster that lists Bain. Articles, clippings, and brochures from the 1970s to 2000 document WASP reunions, WASP contributions during the war, and ongoing WASP-related activities.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Bound volumes, reunion material, magazine and newspaper articles, and miscellaneous brochures and programs document Bain's WWII experiences and her continued involvement with WASP-related organizations. WASP materials include a 1944 Christmas card from Avenger Field, a 1944 WASP yearbook, and a 1945 WASP roster that lists Bain. Articles, clippings, and brochures from the 1970s to 2000 document WASP reunions, WASP contributions during the war, and ongoing WASP-related activities.