WASP Class 44-W-4

Dates: November 1, 1943-May 23, 1944

Number of Trainees: 104 trainees, 52 graduates

Place: Gymnasium, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas

Graduation Speaker: Major General Jacob B. Fickle, Acting Commanding General AAF Training Command

Master of Ceremonies: Lieutenant Patrick B. McAnany, Intelligence Officer, 2563rd AAF Base Unit, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas

Distinguished Guests: 

• Jacqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots, AAF
• Mrs. Robert T. Patterson, wife of Under Secretary of War
• Mrs. Ethel Sheehy, Special Field Assistant to Director of Women Pilots

Band: Big Springs Bombardier School Band

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