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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 it safe to fly. Magnify this by about a 1,000
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” Kenyon, Barbara Kibbee Jayne, and Elizabeth “Lib” Hooker were recruited
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 numbered more than 28. WAFS were recruited from among commercially
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 deliveries of three different types of aircraft in slightly more