United States Army Air Forces Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Female service dress==== [[File:USAAF Flight Nurses during WWII.jpg|left|thumb|At the AAF School of Air Evacuation at [[Bowman Field (Kentucky)|Bowman Field]], Ky., student flight nurses learned how to handle patients with the aid of a mock-up fuselage of a Douglas C-47 transport.]] Female USAAF uniforms were either the uniform of the [[United States Army Nurse Corps|Army Nurse Corps]] (ANC) or that of the [[Women's Army Corps|Women's Auxiliary Army Corps]] (WAAC) with appropriate USAAF branch insignia. In the summer of 1943 the [[Women's Army Corps]] (WAC) replaced the WAAC. Although female auxiliary organizations such as the WAAC, [[Women Airforce Service Pilots|Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]] (WAFS) and [[Women Airforce Service Pilots]] (WASP) performed valuable service to the AAF, only the ANC and the WAC were official members of the U.S. Armed Forces. In the AAF servicewomen became unofficially known as "Air WACs".<ref name="ccxxxvi"/> Nurses attached to the AAF wore Army hospital whites, or prior to 1943, the ANC winter service uniform consisting of the ANC pattern dark blue cap or garrison cap with maroon piping, suit jacket with maroon cuff braid and gold army buttons, light blue or white shirt, black tie and light blue skirt, shoes were black or white. The ANC summer service uniform consisted of a similar suit in beige with maroon shoulder strap piping and cuff braid, beige ANC cap or beige garrison cap with maroon piping, white shirt, and black four-in-hand tie. During World War II the first flight nurses uniform consisted of a blue wool battle dress jacket, blue wool trousers and a blue wool men's style maroon piped garrison cap. The uniform was worn with either the ANC light blue or white shirt and black tie. After 1943 the ANC adopted olive drab service uniforms similar to the newly formed WAC.<ref>Smith (2001), p. 241.</ref> [[File:Women's Army Corps, Randolph Field, Texas, 1944.jpg|upright|thumb|Female service dress in OD shade 33 at [[Randolph Air Force Base|Randolph Field]], 1944]] Female service dress went through an evolution of patterns over the course of the war years, however throughout the period the service uniforms both summer and winter generally consisted of the WAC pattern hat or women's garrison cap, suit coat (winter only for enlisted women), shirtwaist, four-in-hand tie, skirt, russet leather women's service shoes and hand bag. The women's olive drab wool "Ike jacket" was also worn as were women's service trousers. The colors essentially mirrored those of their male counterparts of corresponding rank in the equivalent service uniform although fabrics differed. There were also special off duty dresses of summer beige and winter tan. The new olive drab ANC uniforms were the same as those for WAC officers except for the ANC pattern hat and the ANC pattern handbag. The off duty dress was a separate ANC pattern in olive drab shade 51 or beige. The ANC beige summer service uniform with maroon trim was retained except that the tie was changed to maroon.<ref>AR 600-37 16 April 1945</ref> Sage green fatigue uniforms of [[Herringbone (cloth)|herringbone]] cotton [[twill]] for women, along with women's combat boots, field jackets and flight clothing, were manufactured by the U.S. Army during World War II. However, when women's versions of these items were not available, as was often the case during the war, men's issue items were used instead. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page