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Daily Mirror, Oct 11, 1942

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Helen Mary Clark, of Englewood, N.J., pulls on her regulation Army monkey suit in her bachelor officer's quarters for a stint in the air. Rooms are equipped with a cot, wardrobe, bureau and two chairs. WAFS occupant pay 75 cents a day for their quarters or rent them out by the month. 

A WAF climbs into primary trainer to work out 25-hour requirement over a 4-week period. They fly an hour, rest an hour. They're checked on landings and Army air traffic rules.

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Some of the 15 WAFS now in service--there'll be 50 in all--eat at officer's mess, paying for their meals, served by soldiers, along with Army and civilian airmen of the Ferrying Command.
(Mirror Photos by Emily Cheney)

Oct 11, 1942
1942