This page features views of World War II WAVES working as Link Trainer Instructors.
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Photo #: 80-G-326212 Air Transport Squadron 12 (VR-12) First group of WAVES to report for duty with VR-12, 24 July 1945. They are in the Link trainer building, a Quonset hut at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island. They are identified as Frances Jacobs, Janice Angle, Evelyn M. Gifford, Mary van Velzer (seated in Link trainer, center), Dorothy Drawbert, Jeanne Euettl, Janet B. Greenwood, Joan de Vore, Fay Mildred Marlette and Priscilla C. Morrison. Identifiable rating badges are Specialist (Teacher), indicating that these WAVES operated the squadron's Link training unit. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-5796 (Color) Specialist (Teacher) 1st Class Marjorie Kane, USNR(W) Runs "ground" support for Ensign Victor L. McCallen, who is receiving aviation training in a Link flight simulator at Naval Air Station, Santa Ana, California, circa mid-1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-3205 (Color) Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia A WAVE Link Trainer Instructor gives pointers to an officer, who is checking out in a Link aircraft control simulator, during World War II. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-200190 Specialist (T) Sheila Macksey, USNR(W). Checking a radio range chart, while serving as a Link Trainer Instructor at Naval Air Station, St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-200191 Specialist (T) Katherine Dillon, USNR(W). Monitors a radio range chart, while serving as a Link Trainer Instructor at Naval Air Station, St. Louis, Missouri, 3 November 1943. She follows the Link trainer's "flight path", and, if the pilot becomes "lost", points out his error. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For more images of World War II era WAVES in aviation-related jobs, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
Page made 25 February 2001