On September 22, 1942, American women pilots go to war.
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22 September 1942, New Castle AAF, Delaware. |
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22 September 1942, New Castle AAF, Delaware. |
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22 September 1942, New Castle AAF, Delaware. |
Nancy Harkness Love creates the WAFS - the Womens Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron.
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Nancy Harkness Love |
Women pilots deliver new military aircraft from factory to various airfields and locations within the United States.
The WAFS, and the soon to be trained women pilots, (Jackie Cochran's WASP-Women Airforce Service Pilots), will eventually fly all of the country's warplanes, including its fastest fighters and even the B-29 bomber.
Three of the original 25 WAFS will die within the next year and a half.
Cornelia Fort 21 March 1943
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Cornelia Fort |
Dorothy Scott 3 December 1943
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Dorothy Scott |
Frances Grimes 27 March 1944
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Frances Grimes |