WASP Class 44-W-6

Dates: January 8, 1944-August 4, 1944

Number of Trainees: 136 trainees, 72 graduates

Place: Gymnasium, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas

A review of trainees on the lfightline followed the indoor ceremony

Graduation Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel G. R. Geer, Air Inspector, AAF Central Flying Training Command

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

Distinguished Guests: 

• Jacqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots AAF
• Mrs. Barney Giles, wife of General Barney M. Giles, Deputy Commanding General, AAF
• Captain John W. Winterbotham. AAF Headquarters, Washington
• Lieutenant Colonel Marion Grevemberg, pursuit pilot in World War I and Command pilot for ATC recently returned from China, Burma, India Theatre. (Col. Grevemberg’s daughter was a member of the graduating class.)

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