Verna McBurnett Burns

Creator

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Identifier

20029562

Description

Verna McBurnett Burns, who is doing wartime duty as a supply officer with the local branch of Civil Air Patrol (CAP). Using her own plane in courier service over the Southwest, the CAP lieutenant hops into the cockpit of her blue and yellow Taylorcraft and runs errands for essential industries. The job consists of transporting officers on leave, unable to secure return passage, and personnel and cargo of important defense industries such as Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation and Globe Aircraft Corporation. Mrs. Burns holds a commercial pilot's license, is working on her instructor's license, and is one of the roughly 30 women of the local CAP serving in active flying capacities. She is shown standing against a bare wall, wearing her military uniform.

Archival Date

1944-01-13

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-322

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Burns, Verna McBurnett (Mrs.); Civil Air Patrol; Air pilots; Military air pilots; Taylorcraft; Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation; Globe Aircraft Corporation; Military personnel; Military uniforms