February 14
WAFS Nancy Harkness Love is born in 1914 at Houghton, Michigan WASP Kathryn F. Herman is born in 1914 Mildred I. Davidson Dalrymple is born in 1920
February 13
WASP Katharine Joy Merritt Moore 43-7 is born in 1917 WASP Ann Atkeison is born in 1922
February 12
WASP Moya Mitchell Anonson 43-6 is born in 1914 WASP Dorothy A. Avery 43-6 is born in 1917 WASP Dolores Meurer Reed is born at Batvia, New York in 1918 […]
February 11
In 1944, Class 44-1 graduates.
February 10
In 1943, Walt Disney authorizes the use of Fifinella as WASP mascot. (pg. 96 OFA) WASP Doris J. Elkington Hamaker is born in 1921
February 9
WASP Marjorie T. Popell Sizemore 43-5 is born in 1914 WASP Helen Jane Trigg Luts 43-8 is born in 1921 at Tallahassee, FL
February 8
WASP Elizabeth Mitchell Bane 43-4 is born in 1915 WASP Peggy Martin is born in 1912
February 7
In 1943 Second Women’s Flying Training Detachment at Sweetwater is approved. WASP Jean Hanmer Pearson 43-3 is born in 1915
1944 & HR 4219 – The Legislation to Militarize the WASP (Part I)
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States was a country at war on two fronts, in both the European and Pacific Theater of Operations. In its aftermath, with the America’s direct involvement in the allied war effort, the U.S. built up both its military and airpower presence overseas.
January 3
WASP Florence E. Lawler Roberson 43-2 is born in 1916