{"id":7423,"date":"2016-10-18T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T19:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=7423"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T14:17:13","slug":"national-wasp-wwii-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/national-wasp-wwii-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"National WASP WWII Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>National WASP WWII Museum<\/strong>, located at Avenger Field in <strong>Sweetwater<\/strong>, <strong>Texas<\/strong>, is dedicated to honoring the <strong>Women Airforce Service Pilots<\/strong> (<strong>WASP<\/strong>) of World War II. These pioneering women were the first female pilots to fly American military aircraft, undertaking non-combat missions such as ferrying planes, towing targets for live anti-aircraft artillery practice, and testing newly overhauled aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>National WASP WWII Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">210 Avenger Field Road<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">Sweetwater<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">Texas 79556<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waspmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/waspmuseum.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:waspmuseum@yahoo.fr\">waspmuseum@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-info-text\">+1 (325) 235-0099<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Tuesday &#8211; Saturday 10:00 &#8211; 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free admission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nationalwaspww2museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-922 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d861831.8809350432!2d-101.01924733117478!3d32.458491999999985!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x87a4b0aa63795f95!2sNational+Wasp+WWII+Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1476817057118\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><span class=\"txt\">N38992<\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>N60795<\/p><\/td><td><span class=\"txt\">Fairchild PT-19A Cornell<\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>Vultee BT-13A Valiant<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">The <strong>Fairchild PT-19A Cornell<\/strong> was one of the models used to train female pilots in the Woman Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at Avenger Field during World War II.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>National WASP WWII Museum<\/strong> features a range of exhibits, including photographs, personal artifacts, and aircraft like the <strong>Vultee BT-13 Valiant<\/strong>, which the WASP used during their training. Visitors can explore the history and contributions of these trailblazing women through interactive displays and educational programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">if you have any picture of this aviation museum, please share it with us<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:my.museum@aviationmuseum.eu\"> my.museum@aviationmuseum.eu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National WASP WWII Museum, located at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, is dedicated to honoring the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7423"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32931,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7423\/revisions\/32931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}