Category: Profiles of the WASP

Catherine Vail Bridge

Catherine Vail Bridge August 28, 1920-1922 Class: 43-W-2 Training Location: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) Assigned Bases: Love Field (Dallas, Tex.) and Palm Springs Army Air

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Kate Lee Harris Adams

Kate Lee Harris Adams September 5, 1919 – December 2, 2002 Class: 44-W-2 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, P-40

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Lois Brooks Hailey

Lois Brooks Hailey January 18, 1915 – April 24, 2010 Class: 43-W-3 Training Locations: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) and Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) In addition

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Jean McCreery

Marguerite Jean Moreo Terrell McCreery April 28, 1924 – May 10, 2018 Class: 44-W-10 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Randolph Army Air

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Elizabeth H. Dettweiler

Elizabeth Helen Dettweiler December 5, 1914 – November 13, 1990 Class: 43-W-5 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Randolph Army Air Base (San

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Ruth Adams

Dr. Ruth Adams June 12, 1917 – December 16, 2005 Class: 44-W-2 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, BT-15, B-25,

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Marjorie J. Johnson

Marjorie Josephine Johnson February 4, 1914 – March 23, 2004 Class: 44-W-2 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6 Assigned bases:

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Lillian Glezen Wray

Lillian “Jay” Glezen Wray Dec. 9, 1913 – August 4, 2013 Class: 44-W-9 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, PT-19

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Rita Murphy Wishchmeyer

Rita Edna Murphy Wishchmeyer October 2, 1921 – May 3, 2015 Class: 44-W-3 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6 Assigned

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Celia M. Hunter

Celia M. Hunter January 13, 1919 – December 1, 2001 Class: 43-W-5 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-19, AT-6, C-47 Assigned bases:

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