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Civilian Pilot Training Program Alumni Turned WASPs

The Civilian Pilot Training Program created opportunities for women to fly. These Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, got their

Eight WASPs gather on the ramp at Waco Field, Texas,for a final group picture before the WASP was disbanded on

Four members of the United States Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) receive final instructions as they chart a cross-country course

Portrait of WASP pilot Alta Corbett Thomas, 1943. Photo size: 2126 × 2953 Photo source: U.S. Air Force Usage: Public Domain

Adela Riek Scharr in her WASP uniform, Spring 1944. Photo size: 2007 × 2900 Photo source: U.S. Air Force Usage: Public

Wilda Winfield (WASP Class 44-W-8) in flight in a BT-13 Valiant from Frederick AAF Frederick, Oklahoma on a photographic mission.

WASP Helen Anne Turner in front of her ready-to-ferry P-51 Mustang. Photo size: 1574 × 2000 Photo source: U.S. Air Force

Before joining WAFS, Gertrude Meserve was an instructor pilot who taught hundreds of students at Harvard and MIT. The Women’s

WASP pilot Iris Cummings standing in front of aircraft on an airfield, 1944. Photo size: 780 × 1072 Photo source: U.S.

Iris C. Cummings Critchell in WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) uniform. A former Olympic swimmer, she also worked as a

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