Susan Ankeny
Susan Tate Ankeny is the author of nonfiction WWII history books including American Flygirl and The Girl and the Bombardier. A former educator, she is a member of the Oregon Chapter of the 8th […]
Gigi Coleman
Gigi Coleman is the proud great-niece of aviation trailblazer Bessie Coleman, the first African American and Native American woman to earn an international pilot’s license. Dedicated to preserving her aunt’s […]
Women Military Aviators (WMA) – Panel
Photo from: Colonel Marcelyn Atwood, USAF (Ret) PANEL DETAILS Saturday, April 27, 2024 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM “WASP Legacy: Modern Women Military Aviators!” The WASPs were the women pioneers […]
Legislation to Militarize the WASP (Part II) – A battle, hard fought…three decades later
After the bill to militarize the WASP failed by 19 votes in June 1944, the WASP were officially disbanded on December 20, 1944, and the women who had served their country admirably were sent home in stunned silence at their own expense.
February 17
WASP Mary L. Leatherbee 43-3 is born in 1910 at Mansfield, LA WASP Evelyn M. Stewart Jackson 43-6 is born in 1917 at Vincennes, IN WASP Irene Kinne Englund 43-8 […]
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
The WASP & the Buzz on Drones…and a war worker named Norma Jean Dougherty
A big topic in the news these days is about the use of drones, otherwise known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). A drone is a small or medium aircraft without […]
December 25
Happy Holidays from your family at the National WASP WWII Museum! WASP Joyce E. Sherwood Secciani, 43-3, is born in 1921
December 21
WAFS Barbara Towne Fasken, is born in 1916 WASP Margaret C. Harper Watson, 44-1, is born in 1919 WASP Ann M. Brothers Frink, 44-3, is born in 1915 WASP Beverly […]