Category: Profiles of the WASP

B.J. Erickson London

Barbara Jane Erickson London July 1, 1920 – 2013 Class: WAFS Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Planes flown: PT-17, PT-13, BT-13,

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Barbara Donahue Ross

Barbara Donahue Ross March 25, 1920 – August 21, 2010 Class: WAFS Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Planes flown: L-5, PT-17,

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Helen Mary Clark

Helen Mary Clark December 27, 1909 – 1979 Class: WAFS Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Planes flown: PT-19, PT-26, BT-13, AT-6,

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Margaret Helburn Kocher

Margaret “Peggy” Helburn Kocher February 6, 1921 – April 4, 2008 Class: 43-W-6 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, AT-6, P-40 Assigned

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Gertrude M. Wenzel Milner

Gertrude Marcia Wenzel Milner October 8, 1920 – July 26, 2012 Class: 43-W-8 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, B-17,

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Betty Archibald Fernandes

Betty Jane Archibald Fernandes November 1, 1920 – June 14, 2014 Class: 43-W–3 Training Locations: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) and Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes

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Nancy E. Nesbit Staples

Nancy E. Nesbit Staples April 10, 1921 – November 10, 2006 Class: 43-W-4 Training Location: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) and Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes

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Jean Hanmer Pearson

Jean Hanmer Pearson February 17, 1915 – 2010 Class: 43-W-7 Training Location:  Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) and Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: BT-13, PT-19, C-47 Assigned

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Jean Landis

Jean Landis September 28, 1918 – December 13, 2022 Class: 43-W-4 Training Location: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) and Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: B-17,

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Dorothy Hines Mosher

Dorothy “Dottie” Hines Mosher April 21, 1918 – October 13, 1997 Class: 44-W-6 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, AT-10,

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