Item Description
Original Items: One-of-a-kind set. At the peak of enrollment, in January of 1945, it was estimated that about 50 percent of Army Air Force WACs in the United States held administrative or office jobs, being assigned as typists, stenographers, and various sorts of clerks. This was a percentage of women in conventional jobs considerably smaller than that in most other commands or overseas theaters, where the numbers in "feminine" work ranged as high as 90 percent in commands such as the Eighth Air Force in England. The work of such Air Wacs did not ordinarily differ from clerical work in other commands, except that it required a knowledge of Air Forces nomenclature, organization, and administrative procedures.
The different air commands differed slightly from each other in certain uses for these clerical workers. The largest, the AAF Training Command, with its hundreds of flying training schools and technical training schools, found Wacs particularly useful in keeping the complicated records of trainees, training courses, and flight hours. The domestic air forces First, Second, Third, and Fourth-likewise used Wacs to keep their personnel and flight records, and also to staff the assembly lines by which crews and equipment were processed for overseas shipment. The Air Technical Service Command used WAC clerks at its large depots to keep stock records of the thousands of items of Air Forces technical equipment. The Air Transport Command, running the Army equivalent of a commercial airline system, used numbers of Wacs at its information desks, in its dispatching offices, and to process passengers and supplies through aerial ports of embarkation. Toward the end of the war, the new AAF Personnel Distribution Command used Wacs to process personnel in replacement depots, redistribution centers, and convalescent centers.
This wonderful uniform set contains the following:
- WW2 issue women'’s class A uniform tunic with skirt. The tunic bears Army Air Force’s gold washed collar tabs, private chevrons, and rare fantastic blue felt backed bullion embroidered USAAF "Air Technical Service Command" insignia patch to left shoulder. Medal ribbon bar with the following ribbons: Good Conduct, World War II Women's Army Corps Medal. It is the correct tunic with slant front pockets and cropped cut. Overall condition is excellent.
- Khaki WWII issue shirt. Overall condition is very good.
- Khaki neck tie. Overall condition is very good.
- WWII Women's Wool Enlisted Overseas Cap cap with golden yellow and green striped piping and matching WAC collar disc attached to front left side. Size 22 1/2 tag with KNOX of New York City maker logo. Overall condition is excellent.
Genuine WWII WAC uniforms and equipment is very difficult to find on the market today, and this is a very compelling set offered in excellent condition.
The different air commands differed slightly from each other in certain uses for these clerical workers. The largest, the AAF Training Command, with its hundreds of flying training schools and technical training schools, found Wacs particularly useful in keeping the complicated records of trainees, training courses, and flight hours. The domestic air forces First, Second, Third, and Fourth-likewise used Wacs to keep their personnel and flight records, and also to staff the assembly lines by which crews and equipment were processed for overseas shipment. The Air Technical Service Command used WAC clerks at its large depots to keep stock records of the thousands of items of Air Forces technical equipment. The Air Transport Command, running the Army equivalent of a commercial airline system, used numbers of Wacs at its information desks, in its dispatching offices, and to process passengers and supplies through aerial ports of embarkation. Toward the end of the war, the new AAF Personnel Distribution Command used Wacs to process personnel in replacement depots, redistribution centers, and convalescent centers.
This wonderful uniform set contains the following:
- WW2 issue women'’s class A uniform tunic with skirt. The tunic bears Army Air Force’s gold washed collar tabs, private chevrons, and rare fantastic blue felt backed bullion embroidered USAAF "Air Technical Service Command" insignia patch to left shoulder. Medal ribbon bar with the following ribbons: Good Conduct, World War II Women's Army Corps Medal. It is the correct tunic with slant front pockets and cropped cut. Overall condition is excellent.
- Khaki WWII issue shirt. Overall condition is very good.
- Khaki neck tie. Overall condition is very good.
- WWII Women's Wool Enlisted Overseas Cap cap with golden yellow and green striped piping and matching WAC collar disc attached to front left side. Size 22 1/2 tag with KNOX of New York City maker logo. Overall condition is excellent.
Genuine WWII WAC uniforms and equipment is very difficult to find on the market today, and this is a very compelling set offered in excellent condition.
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