Women's Army Corps

An airman of the 466th Bomb Group and an airwoman of the Women's Army Corps, with a B-24 Liberator used as a flight assembly ship. media-380744.jpg FRE 1938 An airman of the 466th Bomb Group and an airwoman of the Women's Army Corps, with the B-24D, Liberator, previously named, Ready & Willing, and, Silver Streak, then, used as a flight assembly ship, 41-24109WW. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 1938 - An airman of the 466th Bomb Group and an airwoman of the Women's Army Corps, with the B-24D, Liberator, previously named, Ready & Willing, and,...

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Eleen Alrom

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Bernita O Baker

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Bertha M Barta

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  • Unit: Women's Army Corps 2nd Air Division
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Alma L Bell

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Angela B Berkenbaugh

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Women's Army Corps: Gallery (19 items)

Women's Army Corps personnel plot aircraft movements inside a US Army Air Force operations room. Image stamped on reverse: ' Associated press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 4 Dec 1943.' [stamp] and ;295571.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'WACS ON DUTY AT A BOMBER STATION. Associated Press Photo Shows: WACS plotting the course of aircraft at a US bomber station.'

Object number: FRE 10011 - Women's Army Corps personnel plot aircraft...

Five personnel of the Women's Army Corps in Tunisia serving near Lieutenant J. Driscoll, of the 566th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten on slide casing: 'WACS, 2AD.'

Object number: FRE 10823 - Five personnel of the Women's Army Corps in...

Private First Class Emma Utter of the Women's Army Corps paints the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane" of the 392nd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944.' [stamp] and '304562.' [Censor no.] Printed caption attached to the reverse: '"G.I. Jane" Liberator bamed by WAC. 'Photo shows: P.F.C. Emma Utter , WAC, of Sogola, Michigan, watched by the ground crew of the Liberator "G.I. Jane" puts th

Object number: FRE 1843 - Private First Class Emma Utter of the Women's Army...

Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps with a bomber crew of the 392nd Bomb Group and a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane". Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944.' [stamp] and '304565.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: '"GI JANE" LIBERATOR NAMBED BY WAC. Photo shows: 'Standing with some of the crew of the Liberator "GI JANE", Cpl Hazel Bliss, WAC, of Portland, Oregon, gives the "OK" sign after namin

Object number: FRE 1844 - Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps...

An airman of the 466th Bomb Group and an airwoman of the Women's Army Corps, with a B-24 Liberator used as a flight assembly ship.

Object number: FRE 1938 - An airman of the 466th Bomb Group and an airwoman...

A member of the Women's Army Corps with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6483) nicknamed "Ruby's Raiders" of the 385th Bomb Group. Image via Lieutenant Clark Barton Rollins Jr, Pilot of the 385th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '46483 G 550BS Ruby's Raiders & WAC.'

Object number: FRE 6452 - After a competition was held by the US Forces...

A member of the Women's Army Corps with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6483) nicknamed "Ruby's Raiders" of the 385th Bomb Group. Image via Lieutenant Clark Barton Rollins Jr, Pilot of the 385th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 6457 - A member of the Women's Army Corps with a B-17...

Three airmen of the 385th Bomb Group with a member of the Women's Army Corps. Image via Lieutenant Clark Barton Rollins Jr, Pilot of the 385th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 6459 - Three airmen of the 385th Bomb Group with a member...

Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps with a bomber crew of the 392nd Bomb Group and a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane". Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'A W.A.C. Christens A Liberator. To honour their khaki-klad sisters, the W.A.C.S. - members of the crew of a Liberator, operating from a British base, painted on their ship the W.A.C. insignia - the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athene and named the 'plane G.I. Jane.

Object number: FRE 8015 - Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps...

Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps with a bomber crew of the 392nd Bomb Group and a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane". Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'A W.A.C. Christens A Liberator. To honour their khaki-klad sisters, the W.A.C.S. - members of the crew of a Liberator, operating from a British base, painted on their ship the W.A.C. insignia - the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athene and named the 'plane G.I. Jane.

Object number: FRE 8016 - Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps...

Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps with a bomber crew of the 392nd Bomb Group and a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane". Passed for publication 12 Feb 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'A W.A.C. Christens A Liberator. To honour their khaki-klad sisters, the W.A.C.S. - members of the crew of a Liberator, operating from a British base, painted on their ship the W.A.C. insignia - the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, Pallas Athene and named the 'plane G.I. Jane.

Object number: FRE 8017 - Corporal Hazel Bliss of the Women's Army Corps...

Private First Class Emma Utter of the Women's Army Corps paints the nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-50505) nicknamed "Pallas Athene- The GI Jane" of the 392nd Bomb Group. Passed for publication 11 Feb 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'W.A.A.C. Christens American Liberator. Corp. Hazel I. Bliss of Portland Oregon, performed the unique ceremony of christening a Liberator. The insignia was the G.I. Jane, with the words - Pallas Athene which means Goddess of Wisdom and Victory. The ceremony to

Object number: FRE 8018 - Private First Class Emma Utter of the Women's Army...