Dressed for Flying

Flight-nurse-unifoms-WWII-768x550.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

Dressed for Flying

Subject

US Flight Nurses Wearing Various Uniforms

Description

This image captures the different types of uniforms women serving as nurses in the Army Nurse Corps would have had to wear. The uniforms vary from practical and functional to dressy and impractical, and all were used by hundreds of women in wartime. The nurses pictured here are US Army flight nurses in 1943, and they are modeling their uniforms for the camera.

The uniforms modeled here, from left to right, are the regulation blue winter uniform, winter flying suits, and gray flying suits, one with a skirt and one with slacks.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Sarah Sundin Author Website and Blog: "Medical Air Evacuation in World War II-The Flight Nurse," by Sarah Sundin, November 13, 2018, Image Courtesy of the US National Archives: https://www.sarahsundin.com/medical-air-evacuation-in-world-war-ii-the-flight-nurse/

Publisher

US National Archives

Date

Accessed April 25, 2020

Format

Photograph (jpg)

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

US Flight Nurses in Various Uniform Styles WWII

Coverage

US Flight Nurse Uniforms of WWII, US Flight Nurses of WWII

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

black and white photograph

Citation

Unknown, “Dressed for Flying,” US Nurses in World War II, accessed April 25, 2024, https://usnursesww2.omeka.net/items/show/48.