Women Airforce Service Pilots Official Archive

With the wind and the sand in our eyes; And our goal placed up high in the skies; We are the WASPS who serve the Air Corps so true; We're coming, just watch us ZOOM...down upon you! Loes Monk Mackenzie, 43-W-8

The Official WASP Archive collects, organizes, and preserves the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. In addition, we actively represent the WASP and share their history to inspire the next generation of female aviators. 

The Woman’s Collection is a premiere destination on the history of women in aviation. We collect and preserve the stories of women in aviation organizations as well as individual female aviators. We tell not only the story of the WASP, but how their legacy lives on today through current organizations and pilots.

Our Collections

The WASP Archive includes over 1 million wartime and postwar items as well as the personal collections of hundreds of the WASP.  The archive houses:

WASP Digital Archive

View scans of original documents, military records, images, and artifacts from the WASP Collection.

Class 43-W-4 members with instructor. Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.

WASP Classbook 43-W-1--43-W-3

Pilots in the winter flight suits walking the runway, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, 1944.

WASPs check their map prior to flight, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, August 1943.

WASP banner created by Florence G. Shutsy Reynolds, 44-W-5.

WASP songbook.