WASP Trainee Pilot on Cover of LIFE Magazine

July 29, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke Avenger Field, LIFE magazine, training plane, WASP trainee

The cover of the July 19, 1943 issue of LIFE Magazine featured WASP trainee pilot Shirley Slade sitting on the wing of her Army trainer at Avenger Field.

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Photo source: LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
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