Susie Winston Bain Collection
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Elizabeth Williamson in cockpit
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WASP Elizabeth Williams, in leather B-3 jacket, flight helmet, and goggles, is pictured in the cockpit of an airplane in 1944.
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Five WASPs
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Susie Winston Bain (2nd from right) poses with four fellow WASPs by a car, circa 1944. The women wear the early WASP trainee uniform of a white blouse, khaki trousers, and A-2 leather jacket with Fifinella patch.
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Group of WASPs
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WASPs holding books and papers stand in front of a barracks, circa 1944. The women wear the early WASP trainee uniform of a white blouse, khaki trousers, and leather A-2 jacket with Fifinella patch.
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Oral history interview with Susie Winston Bain
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Documents Susie Bain's early life and school experiences in Texas; her service in the WASP and its influence on her opinions and non-military life; and her life in Greensboro, North Carolina, after the war. Bain discusses growing in Texas during the Depression; having to drop out of the University of Texas; a job as a horseback riding instructor at a girls' camp in Texas; and her dislike of a job at a CPA firm. " Bain discusses the WASP in great detail, including her understanding of history of the WASP and her impressions of some of its key figures such as Jacqueline Cochrane, Nancy Love, Hap Arnold, and Eleanor Roosevelt. She also details Cochrane's ongoing efforts to militarize the women; negative attitudes toward the organization and women in the military; and how demoralized she was when the WASP was deactivated in the fall of 1944. " Bain also describes WASP uniforms, including the ill-fitting zoot suits; flight training and ground school at Avenger Field; ferrying planes out of Love Field; towing targets used by the B-17 bombers for live ammunition target practice; her love of flying; details of specific planes; and her fear of washing out of the program. Bain also provides many anecdotes and specific experiences that occurred while she was in the WASP. " Other topics include Bain's family history and her life in Greensboro following the war.
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Six WASPs
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Six WASPs pose beside a structure, circa 1944. The women wear the early WASP trainee uniform of a white blouse, khaki trousers, and leather A-2 jacket.
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Susie Winston Bain
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Susie Winston Bain stands in the doorway of a building at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, wearing the early WASP trainee uniform of a white blouse, tan trousers, A-2 leather jacket, and turban-type kerchief, circa 1944.
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Susie Winston Bain at laundry
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Susie Winston Bain poses at the door to the base laundry at Avenger Field in a WASP flight or work suit, circa 1944.
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Susie Winston Bain with airplane
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Susie Winston Bain, in full flight suit, poses beside an airplane in 1944. She wears the WASP leather A-2 jacket with Fifinella patch, a flying helmet with goggles, and seat-type parachute.
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Three WASPs
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Susie Winston Bain (left) poses with two fellow WASPs at Avenger Field in spring 1944. The women wear the early WASP trainee uniform of a white blouse, tan trousers, and turban-type kerchief.
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WASP beside sign
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A WASP poses with a sign that reads "Women Trainees Only In This Area," circa 1944. She wears the WASP leather A-2 jacket with Fifinella patch.
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WASPs in leather jackets
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Six WASP trainees, including Susie Winston Bain (2nd from left) stand with an unidentified man, circa 1944. The women wear the early WASP "General's White" uniform of a white blouse, khaki trousers, and A-2 leather jacket with Fifinella patch.
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Women Airforce Service Pilots battledress jacket
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Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Santiago blue battledress jacket with two patch pockets, blue plastic buttons covered by a closure flap, waistband buttoned on the left side,"W.A.S.P." pin on right collar, WASP wings above left pocket flap, and Fifinella patch on the left pocket, 1944. Missing wing and propeller insignia on left collar. This jacket worn by Susie Winston Bain in 1944.
