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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, National Archives collection. Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 595 Reproductions may be available through the National Archives
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, National Archives collection. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 610 Reproductions may be available through the National Archives
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, National Archives collection. Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 600 Reproductions may be available through the National Archives
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, National Archives collection. Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 620 Reproductions may be available through the National Archives
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, National Archives collection. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 620 Reproductions may be available through the National Archives

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