WAFS Founder Nancy Harkness Love
Mrs. Nancy Harkness Love, founder of the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS). The WAFS was created in September 1942 within
Read moreMrs. Nancy Harkness Love, founder of the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS). The WAFS was created in September 1942 within
Read moreCornelia Fort (with a PT-19A) was a civilian instructor pilot at an airfield near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the Japanese
Read more2nd Lt Suella Bernard smiles and shakes hands with Lt Foster, head nurse, while 2nd Lt Mary Jane Brown of
Read moreWASP pilot Florene Watson preparing a P-51D-5NA for a ferry flight from the factory at Inglewood, California. Photo size: 1000
Read moreLt. Reba Z. Whittle was an Army Air Force flight nurse who served during World War II. She became the
Read moreWASP pilot Deanie Parrish in front of P-47 Thunderbolt on the flight line at Tyndall Field, Florida, circa 1943. Photo
Read moreWASP pilot Elizabeth L. Remba Gardner of Rockford, Illinois, takes a look around before sending her plane streaking down the
Read moreFrances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane, a B-17 Flying Fortress named “Pistol Packin’
Read moreWASP Dora Dougherty, third from left in front of B-29 “Ladybird” with Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (left), Dorothea
Read moreWASP trainees and their instructor pilot. WASP assignments after graduation were diverse — as flight training instructors, glider tow pilots,
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