WASP Pilot Prepares Plane for Ferry Flight
WASP pilot Florene Watson preparing a P-51D-5NA for a ferry flight from the factory at Inglewood, California. Photo size: 1000
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WASP Pilots Leaving Their B-17 Flying Fortress
Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leaving their plane, a B-17 Flying Fortress named “Pistol Packin’
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WASP Pilots and Their B-29 Ladybird and Crew
WASP Dora Dougherty, third from left in front of B-29 “Ladybird” with Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (left), Dorothea
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WASP Trainees and Their Instructor Pilot
WASP trainees and their instructor pilot. WASP assignments after graduation were diverse — as flight training instructors, glider tow pilots,
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WAC Aircraft Mechanic Poses With B-17 at Tyndall Field
World War II WAC aircraft mechanic Private Dorothy Bumstead of Beaumont, Texas, poses with a B-17 at Tyndall Field in
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Women Mechanics March to Their Work Area
Women mechanics march to their work area, circa 1944-45. This group appears to include both Navy WAVES and Women Marines.
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Two WAVES Mechanics Move a Battery Cart Onto Airfield
Seaman 1st Class Billy Ikard (left) and Seaman 1st Class Barbara A. Patterson move a battery cart into position next
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WAVES Control Tower Operators Direct Air Traffic
Specialist (T) 3rd Class Dorothy Knee and Specialist (T) Genevieve Close direct aircraft arrivals and departures from the control tower
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Army WACs at Randolph Field, Texas
Two Women’s Army Corps members at Randolph Field, Texas, 1944. Photo size: 2145 × 2667 Photo source: U.S. Air Force
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Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby at Mitchel Field
Col. Oveta Culp Hobby (right), first commanding officer of the Women’s Army Corps, talks with Auxiliary Margaret Peterson and Capt.
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