Bernice “Bee” Falk Haydu December 15, 1920 – January 30, 2021 Class: 44-W-7 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, AT-17, UC-78 Assigned bases: Pecos Army Air Base (Tex.) “Follow your

Ruth Ellen Dailey Helm December 29, 1916 – February 28, 2015 Class 43-W-2 Planes flown: AT-6, AT-17, P-63, P-40, P-39, P-47, P-51, B-25, C-47 Bases served: Love Field (Dallas, Tex.) Born on December 29, 1916,

Mary Holmes Howson February 16, 1919 – April 16, 1944 Class: 44-W-4 Trainee Entered Army Air Force flight training: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, November 1, 1943 Mary was borne in Wayne, Pennsylvania. She majored in

Ruth Humphryes Brown Class 43-W-8 November 11, 1921 – December 30, 2010 Planes flown: PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, AT-11, B-26 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned bases: Childress Army Air Field (Tex.) and Harlingen Army

Geraldine Norma Hardman Jordan September 3, 1921 – March 30, 2001 Class: 43-W-5 Planes flown: AT-17, B-25, BT-13, L-2, L-3, PT-19, PT-26, UC-78 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned bases: New Castle Army Air

Edith “Edy” Clayton Keene December 19, 1920 – April 25, 1944 Class: 44-W-1 Entered Army Air Force flight training:  Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, August 9, 1943 Graduated:  February 11, 1944 Training location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater,

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 bases: South Plains Army Air Base (Lubbock, Tex.) Dodge City

Shirley C. Kruse WASP, Class 44-W-6 “My time spent as a WASP was a never to be forgotten adventure, a great preparation for the wonderful experience of all that my life was to become.” –

Profile link Katherine “Ruth” Kupferberg Kornblum August 15, 1917 – January16, 2011 Class 43-W-6 Planes flown: BT-13, PT-19, AT-6, C-47, UC-78Bases served: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Harding Army Air Field (Baton Rouge, La.)  “You wanted

Jean Landis 1918 – Class: 43-W-4 Training Location: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) and Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: B-17, C-47, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51, P-63 Assigned bases:  Long Beach Army Air Base (Calif. Jean

Kathryn Barbara Lawrence December 3, 1920 – August 4, 1943 Class 43-W-8 Entered Army Air Force flight training:  Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, July 10, 1943 Kathryn was born in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North

Hazel Ah Ying Lee August 24, 1912 – November 25, 1944 Class 43-W-4Entered Army Air Force flight training:  Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, February 21, 1943Graduated: Avenger Field, May 28, 1943Training location: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.)

Gertrude Meserve Tubbs LeValley April 28, 1920 – August 13, 2015 Class WAFS, The Originals Planes flown: L-4, PT-19, PT-26, AT-6, AT-9, C-60, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51 Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington,

Barbara Jane Erickson London D July 1, 1920 – 2013 Class: WAFS Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Planes flown: PT-17, PT-13, BT-13, BT-14, AT-6, A-20, P-38, P-51 Assigned bases: New Castle

Paula Ruth Loop August 25, 1916 to July 7, 1944 Class: 43-W-2 Entered Army Air Force flight training:  Houston Municipal Airport, Houston, Texas, December 19, 1942 Graduated: Avenger Field, May 28, 1943 Assignment:  Ferry pilot

­Nancy Harkness Love   Founder of the WAFS – the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron   “I have no idea what made me catch the flying bug. A ride in a tandem two-seater, single-engine Fleet Biplane

Alice E. Lovejoy August 15, 1915 – September 13, 1944 Class: 43-W-5 Entered Army Air Force flight training: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, April 6, 1943 Graduated: September 11, 1943 Training location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

Dorothy Ann Smith Lucas 1922 – May 4, 2022 Class: 44-W-7 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, C-45, UC-78 Assigned bases: Moore Army Air Base (Mission, Tex.) On May 4,

Ann Criswell Madden April 10, 1922 – March 15, 2004 Class: 43-W-6 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: BT-13, PT-19, UC-78 Assigned bases: Long Beach Army Air Base (Calif.) Ann “Cris” Criswell Madden

Dorothy Britt MannClass 44-W-4September 4, 1922 – August 11, 1998 Planes flew: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6 ,C-45, UC-78Assigned bases:Love Field (Dallas, Tex.)Moore Field (Mission, Tex.) A determined, young Dorothy Britt (later Mann) from the small west

E. Marie Barrett Marsh December 3, 1919 – April 27, 1997 Class: 43-W-7 Planes flown: B-26, A-24, C-45, C-60, UC-78 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned bases: Asheville Weather Wing HQ, (AACS) (N.C.) The

Peggy Wilson Martin February 8, 1912 – October 3, 1944 Class: 44-W-4 Entered Army Air Force flight training: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, November 1, 1943 Graduated: May 23, 1944 Training location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

Teresa James Martin January 24, 1914 – July 27, 2008 Class: WAFS Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Planes flown: PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, A-20, P-38, P-40, P-47. P-51 Assigned bases: New Castle

Opal Ferguson Woodward McClung August 12, 1912- August 11, 1980 Class: WAFS Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Planes flown: PT-19, PT-22, BT-13, A-20, AT-6, AT-9, AT-17, P-63, P-40, P-39, C-47 Assigned

Lea Ola McDonald October 12, 1921 to June 21, 1944 Class: 44-W-3 Entered Army Air Force flight training: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, October, 1943. Graduated: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas on April 5, 1944 Assignments: Simulated

Lenore McElroy February 18, 1907 – February 28, 1997 Class: WAFS Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Planes flown: PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, B-24, C-47 Assigned bases: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington,

Helen Elizabeth McGilvery May 17, 1917 – August 25, 1948 Class: WAFS Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Planes flown: PT-19, PT-26, BT-13, AT-6, AT-17, AT-9, C-60, P-38, P-40, P-47, P-51 Assigned

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, B-26, UC-78 Assigned bases: Chico Army Air Force Base (Calif.)

Madge Rutherford Minton March 22, 1920 – November 7, 2004 Class 43-W-4 Planes flown: AT-6, B-17, PT-17, P-40, P-47, P-51, P-39 Assigned bases: Long Beach Army Air Base (Calif.) Madge Rutherford was born in Greensburg,

Virginia Caraline Moffatt  May 31, 1912 – October 5, 1943 Class: 43-W-2 Entered Army Air Force flight training:  Houston Municipal Airport, Houston, Texas, December 19, 1942 Graduated: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, May 28, 1943 Training

Madge Leon Moore January 22, 1922 – December 22, 2016 Class 44-W-4 “I don’t think of myself as a pioneer but maybe I am. I was a girl who liked to fly.” ~WASP Madge Leon

Beverly Jean Moses December 21, 1922 – July 18, 1944 Class: 44-W-5 Entered Army Air Force flight training:  Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, December 7, 1943 Graduated: June 27, 1944 Training location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)

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, B-26 Assigned bases: Gunter Army Air Field (Ala.) and Tyndall

Dorothy Mae “Dottie” Nichols  September 26, 1916 – June 11, 1944 Class: 43-W-2 Entered Army Air Force flight training:  Houston Municipal Airport, Houston, Texas, December 19, 1942 Graduated: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, May 28, 1943.

Anne Noggle 1922 – August 16, 2005 Class 44-W-1 Planes flown: PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, AT-11, AT-7 Assigned bases: Childress Army Air Field (Tex.) Randolph Army Air Base (San Antonio, Tex.) Waco Army Air Field (Tex.)

Jeanne Lewellen Norbeck November 14, 1912 – October 16, 1944 Class: 44-W-3 Entered Army Air Force flight training:  Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, October, 1943 Graduated:    April 15, 1944 Training location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assignment: 

Margaret Burrows “Margy” Sanford Oldenburg July 29, 1090 – March 7, 1943 Class 43-4 Margaret was the first Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) trainee killed in an accident.  Margaret Burrows Sanford Oldenburg was born in

Suzanne U. DeLano Parish November 13, 1922 – May 12, 2010 Class: 44-W-6 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6 Assigned bases: Bryan Army Air Base (Tex.) Parish was born in New