Browse Items (14 total)

  • Collection: Margaret E. McCormick Papers

MSS716c_image.jpg
Signed photograph of Margaret McCormick standing beside an airplane. Caption reads, "Margaret McCormick 1100 hours in private aviation prior to 1943."

MSS716_ Letter_19431206.jpg
Letter to John about rough flight from Montreal to Newark, the terrible weather, and how she just had photos taken which she will send on when she has them.

MSS716_ Letter_19430914.jpg
Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about getting certified for different planes, the posting orders for classmates, and mistakenly calling him "George."

MSS716_ Letter_19451209_page_01.jpg
Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about the lack of entertainment in Wichita Falls, an upcoming WASP reunion in Dallas, and her eager new commanding officer.

MSS716_ Letter_19441107_page_01.pdf
Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead while he was a POW. Expresses relief that John is alive, tells him about her assignments, and a recent trip to Houston.

MSS716_ Letter_19431130_page_01.jpg
Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about how she missed Thanksgiving due to a flight to Canada, a visit to her sister in Chicago, and how she has mostly been on the wagon since she enslisted.

MSS716_ Letter_19441111_page_01.pdf
Letter written by Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead while he was a POW. McCormick talks about the clubs she's been attending, her new parka, and how her hopes that he will be freed and able to return to the states soon.

MSS716_ Letter_19430524.jpg
Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about an all-night flight to get back to base, the bad weather, and how she needs to sort the newspaper clippings that she's been saving. Also mentions Johns injury and hospitalization.

MSS716_ Letter_19430513_page_01.jpg
Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about arriving at Romulus Air Base, her new uniform, base activities, and the terrible weather.

MSS716_ Letter_19440312_page_01.jpg
Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about having her first crash (she was not injured), and how much she misses him.