Saluting the Tuskegee Airmen Support Personnel
Flying an airplane is not a one-person show. Aside from the pilot, the aircraft itself takes a dedicated multi-person maintenance and training staff to keep
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Not WASP, but recruited for test flying at Grumman Aircraft
Did you know that the WASP were not the only American women flying military aircraft during the war? In the spring of 1942, Cecil “Teddy”
The Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS/WASP)
In September 1942, the Army Air Force (AAF) created the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and appointed Nancy H. Love its commander. The WAFS never
First WASP to receive the Air Medal
Barbara Erickson became the first WASP to receive the Air Medal for Meritorious Achievement as a Pilot. Erickson received her medal for completing four 2,000-mile
Martha McKenzie Carpenter
Martha McKenzie Carpenter Class 44-W-5 1923 – February 6, 2011 Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, B-26 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned bases: Napier
Elvira Griggs Cardin
Elvira Griggs Cardin Class 43-W-8 August 26, 1913 – November 14th 2008 Planes flown: PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, B-26, B-24, L-5, UC-78, A-24, A-25 Training Location:
Mildred Evelyn Eckert Carder
Mildred Evelyn Eckert Carder Class 44-W-7 July 31, 1921 – Nov. 25, 2015 Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, AT-10, UC-64, UC-78 Training Location: Avenger Field
Helen Cannon
Helen Cannon Class 44-W-9 May 16, 1916 – Dec. 25, 2009 Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, B-24, B-26 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned
The Ninety-Nines
The Ninety-Nines: International Organization of Women Pilots, also known as The 99s, is an international organization that provides networking, mentoring, and flight scholarship opportunities to recreational and
The P-51 Mustang
Submitted by Karen Strong, writer for the CAF Red Tail Squadron, 8/9/13, by L/Col Harold Brown First, let me provide some background information. Our flight