WASP Class 43-W-4
Dates: February 16, 1943-August 7, 1943
Number of Trainees: 152 trainees, 112 graduates
Place: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas
On February 16, 1943, 76 trainees, half of the class of 43-W-4 entered training at Houston, Texas. The other half reported to Sweetwater, Texas. On May 18, the Houston trainees flew to Sweetwater to complete their training and join the rest of their class.
Graduation Speaker: Major General Gerald C. Brant, Commanding General AAF Gult Coast Training Center, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas
Master of Ceremonies: Lieutenant Patrick B. McAnany, Intelligence Officer, 318th AAFFTD
Distinguished Guests:
- Jacqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots, AAF
- Lieutenant Colonel E. D. Cassady, Executive Assistant to General Brant
Band: Midland AAF Band
Graduates
Trainees
Bennett, Betty Atkins B.
Bradshaw, Maurine
Bruce, Martha C.
Carrol, Mary B.
Champlin, Jane Dolores
Chaney, Olive I.
Christian, Jeanne d'Arc R.
Cooper, Marion L.
Deutschman, Bernice A.
Dranse, Dorothy A.
Ehlers, Frances
Fager, Alice Eugene
Harkins, Nellie P.
Hawk, Nellie V.
Hickernell, Theresa S.
Jensen, Alyce M.
Jackson, Vale I.
Kennedy, Nora P.
Koutz, Margaret L.
Leary, Ruby Lee
Lockness, Doris Rhoads
Lorenz, Jane Loban
Mapes, Frances D.
McClain, Ruth a.
McEnroe, Kathryn
Oldenburg, Margaret Sanford
Poggianiti, W. Lee
Poppaw, Patricia B. Holmes
Powell, Mary
Richards, Elizabeth C.
Rosenthal, Bernice D.
Schmitt, Patricia
Selby, Marjorie J.
Simmons, Jeanette G.
Sink, Margaret W.
Smith, Theresa R. S. H. Lee
Splinter, Lois E. Leavitt
Tipton, Margaret H.
Traber, Stella
White, Lillian M.
Young, Ruth M.