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,

Eileen Roach Kesti May 10, 1920 – September 4, 2001 Class: 43-W-4 Dates: February 16, 1943-August 7, 1943 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) and Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) Number of Trainees: 152 trainees, 112 graduates On February 16,

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 – February 2, 2024 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

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

Irene McConihay Leahy March 2, 1918 – March 29, 2010 Class: 44-W-6 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Shaw Army Air Base (Sumpter, S.C.) Planes flown: PT-17 and BT-13 Irene McConihay Leahy was

Julia E. Ledbetter December 20, 1921 – August 6, 2013 Class: 43-W-5 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Romulus Army Air Base (Mich.), Buckingham Army Air Field (Fort Myers, Fla.) and Lockbourne Army

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

Iola V. Clay Magruder March 31, 1920 – Sept 6, 2010 Class: 44-W-7 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Enid Army Air Base (Okla.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, BT-15 Iola Virginia “Nancy” Magruder

Florine Phillips Maloney January 14, 1920 – April 3, 2013 Class: 44-W-4 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Love Field (Dallas, Tex.) and Ellington Army Air Field (Houston, Tex.) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13,