Scope and Contents
The Martha L. (Smith) Bullock Collection is a small collection of items associated with Bullock's time as a Women Air Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II. The collection includes one folder of photographs and one folder of textual materials. The photographs, all black-and-white, are comprised of four (4) portraits of Bullock with planes and one image of a B-26 in flight over Dodge City, Kansas. The textual items include clippings documenting her flying career after World War II, certification of her veteran status, and her Emblem of Civilian Service.
Dates
- Creation: 1944-1984
Creator
- Bullock, Martha L., 1919-1972 (Person)
Language of Materials
All materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.
Conditions Governing Use
The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.
Biographical Note
Martha L. Smith Bullock (1919-1972) was a pilot and member of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II.
Martha L. Smith Bulloch was born in January 1919 to Myrtle J. Smith. Circa 1942, she joined the WASP program and was a member of class 43-W-6. After training, she was assigned to the Dodge City Army Airfield (Kansas) and the Laredo Army Air Base (Texas) during the war. During this time she flew numerous aircraft during her missions, including:
- Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Lockheed AT-18 Hudson
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Fairchild PT-19
- Vultee BT-15 Valiant
- North American AT-6 Texan
- Cessna AT-17 (T-17, Bobcat, Cessna T-50)
After the war, Bullock continued to fly and served as a ground and flight instructor in Atlanta, Georgia. She was a member of the Airplane Owners and Pilot Association, the National Association of Flight Instructors, and an honorary member of Atlanta's Flying Rebels. Martha L. Smith Buloock died September 4, 1972.
Biography derived from collection materials and Ancestry.com.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (2 letter size folders)
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Materials from this collection have been digitized and are available at The Museum of Flight Digital Collections.
Separated Materials
The following items have been separated from the archival component and are in Objects storage:
Subject
- Bullock, Martha L., 1919-1972 (Person)
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the Martha L. (Smith) Bullock Collection
- Status
- Completed Level 3
- Author
- L. Zaborowski, N. Davis
- Date
- 2018, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- 3rd Edition
Repository Details
Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org