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 objection, and the men wanted to go to combat anyway.”

Maxine Edmondson Flournoy March 30, 1921 ~ April 5, 2023 Class: 43-W-8 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Hondo Army Air Field (Tex.) and Kingman Army Air Base (Kingman, Az.) Planes flown: BT-13,

Cornelia Clark Fort was the first of 38 WASP fatalities February 5, 1919 – March 21, 1943 Class: WAFS “The Originals” Planes flown: PT-19, PT-26, BT-13, AT-6 Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington,

Phyllis Burchfield Fulton WAFS, Class “The Originals” June 15, 1911 –  June 21, 2012 Planes flown: PT-19, BT-13, AT-6, A-20, B-24 Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Assigned Bases: New Castle Army

Margaret “Maggie” Gee August 5, 1923 – February 1, 2013 Class 44-W-9 Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, AT-10, B-17, B-26, P-39 Bases served: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.), Las Vegas Army Air Field (Nev.) “My heroes

Betty Huyler Gillies January 1, 1908 – October 14, 1998 Class: WAFS “The Originals” Planes flown: PT-19, AT-6, A-20, B-17 BT-13, P-61, P-39 Training Location: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Assigned Bases: New

Virginia S. Bradley Gough October 28, 1922 – May 22, 2013 Class: 44-W-7 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6 Assigned bases: Williams Army Air Base (Chandler, Ariz.) “Don’t ever put

Etta Mae “Holly” Hollinger Grasso November 7, 1921 – March 9, 2014 Class: 44-W-5 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6 Assigned bases: Foster Army Air Field (Victoria, Tex.) As a

Frances Fortune Grimes 1914 – March 27, 1944 Class 43-W-3 Entered Army Air Force flight training: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, January 15, 1943 Graduated: July 3, 1943 Training location: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) and Avenger

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 of Iowa when a friend who was involved in the

Virginia “Virgie” Lee Jowell Hagerstrom December 12, 1920 – May 28, 2015 Class: 43-W-4 Training Location: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) and Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: AT-6, B-24, C-47, PT-17 Assigned bases:  Romulus Army

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 to training in Houston, Jan-May of 1943, Sweetwater, May to

Dorothy Louisa Bancroft Hammett January 29, 1910 – March 10, 2003 Class: 44-W-6 Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, B-24, UC-78 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned bases: Frederick Army Air Field (Okla. Dorothy Bancroft began training with

Jean Downey Harman 1924 – January 21, 2023 Class: 44-W-9 Graduated: November 8, 1944 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Marana Army Air Field (Ariz.) Planes flown: PT-17 and BT-13 “I was very

Elaine Harmon WASP, Class 44-W-9 “It was a man’s world, but we (WASP) did something really great that was needed for the war effort … There is never a day that I don’t think how

Mary Pauline Hartson  January 11, 1917- August 14, 1944 Class: 43-W-5 Entered Army Air Force flight training: Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, April 6, 1943 Graduated: September 11, 1943 Stationed: Dodge City Army Air Base, Kansas;

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

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: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) Celia M. Hunter

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: Jackson Army Air Field (Miss.) Marjorie was born in Ionia,

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 J. Chase Kruse 1922 – Class: 44-W-6 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13 Assigned bases: Bainbridge Army Air Field (Ga.) “My time spent as a WASP was a never to

Katherine Kupferberg Kornblum August 15, 1917 – January 16, 2011 Class: 43-W-6 Graduated: Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: New Castle Army Air Base (Wilmington, Del.) and Harding Army Air Field (Baton Rouge,

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, C-47, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51, P-63 Assigned bases:  Long Beach

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,

Dorothy “Dot” Swain Lewis September 30, 1915 – September 9, 2013 Class: 44-W-5 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, AT-10, B-26, P-40, P-63 Assigned bases: Columbus Army Air Field (Miss.)

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