Category: Profiles of the WASP

Kristin Swan Lent Gros

Kristin Swan Lent Gros Class 44-W-3 January 1, 1921- Kristin Swan Lent was born Sioux City, Iowa. She became interested aviation while attending the University

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Ola Mildred Rexroat 

Ola Mildred Rexroat  August 28, 1917 – June 28, 2017 Class: 44-W-7 Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6. PT-19 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned

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Nell Stevenson Bright

Nell Stevenson Bright 1921 – Class: 43-W-7 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Mather Army Air Base (Sacramento, Calif.) Biggs Army Air Field

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Ethel Meyer Finley

Ethel (Meyer) Finley Class 43-W-5 b, 1921 d. Feb. 24, 2006 “Teaching had always been a woman’s profession and so consequently there wasn’t that much

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Shirley Chase Kruse

Shirley J. Chase Kruse 1922 – February 2, 2024 Class: 44-W-6 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13 Assigned bases: Bainbridge Army

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