September 28

In 1939, Jacqueline Cochran writes Eleanor Roosevelt to begin contemplating the idea that women could fly in non-combat roles and release male pilots for combat duty.

WASP Carol E. Webb Cook 43-6 is born in 1914

WASP Mary Jean Barnes Sturdevant 44-7 is born in 1921

WASP Ruth A. Reilly Bauer 44-7 is born in 1922

WASP Mary Jo Bardsley Germaine 44-10 is born in 1924

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