July 14
In 1943, Jackie Cochran dictates a letter approving 25 women to be chosen for Camp Davis WASP Anne B. Bartholf Rawlings 44-1, is born in 1922 WASP Geraldine F. Bowen […]
July 13
WASP Dolange D’Hooghe 43-5, is born in 1915 WASP Margery Taylor Ware 43-6, is born in 1915 WASP Arline M Baker 44-8, is born in 1918 WASP Catherine M. McGrath […]
July 12
WASP Meriem Lucille Roby Anderson 44-4, is born in 1921 WASP Christie E. Carlton Warren Thuresson 44-6, is born in 1915 WASP Katherine Willinger 44-8, is born in 1919
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Song of the Ninety-Nines by Julia Lauria-Blum
Elise Raymonde Deroche was born in 1882 in Paris, France. As a child, her interest in sports began, and later, she developed a fondness for motorcycles, automobiles, and ballooning. As […]
Trainers & Heavy Bombers | The WASP & the T-6 ‘Texan’, B-17 Flying Fortress, and B-29 Superfortress by Julia Lauria-Blum
On December 7, 1944, the Commanding General of the USAAF, Henry ‘Hap’ Arnold, addressed Class 44-W-10, the very last graduating class of WASP. During the course of his address General […]
An Extraordinary Day in March | A WASP Congressional Gold Medal by Julia Lauria-Blum
On an extraordinary day in March of 2010, I stood before the steps of the U.S. Capitol, admiring the majestic beauty of its immediately familiar white dome rising over 285 […]
A Day in the Life | From Houston to Avenger Field by Julia Lauria-Blum
In November 1942 the very first class of the WFTD (Women’s Flying Training Detachment) Class 43-W-1, arrived in Houston where they trained at Houston Municipal Airport (briefly called Howard Hughes […]
Mary “Marty” Anna Martin Wyall 44-W-10 | WASP in the Spotlight 4-28-2023
Mary Anna Martin was born on January 24, 1922, in Liberty, Indiana to Reverend Sumner L. and Bernice Smith Martin. In 1939, she graduated from Shields High School in Seymour, […]
Dorothy A. Lucas 44-W-7 | WASP in the Spotlight 4-28-2023
Dorothy A. Lucas, born on December 4, 1922, in Norfolk, Virginia, was the youngest of four children. Despite the challenges of the Great Depression and her family’s constant relocations due […]