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
December 20
In 1944, the WASP program was deactivated. WASP Julie E. Ledbetter, 43-5, is born in 1921 WASP Julie E. Ledbetter, 43-5, is born in 1921
December 19
WASP Mary Tufts Trotman O’Brien, 43-2, is born in 1919 WASP Jean Mohrman Springer, 43-5, is born in 1920 WASP Jean Mohrman Springer, 43-5, is born in 1920 WASP Edith […]
Aline ‘Pat’ Rhonie | Pilot, Artist, WAFS Original by Julia Lauria-Blum
Aline ‘Pat’ Rhonie was a pioneering pilot who learned to fly in 1930 in Reno, Nevada and on Long Island at Roosevelt Field during the ‘Golden Age of Aviation’. By […]
The Infamous Fifinella by Julia Lauria-Blum
A beloved, mischievous female gremlin with a mission of morale! During the Second World War, Walt Disney Productions created over 1,200 unit insignia for all branches of the U.S. armed […]
September 21
WASP Marion J. Mackey DeGregario 43-1 is born in 1913 WASP Betty Jane Hanson Erenberg 44-3 is born in 1921 WASP Karla D. Mogensen Jordan 44-5 is born in 1915 […]
Nancy Harkness Love: Fighting for Equality in the Skies by Heather B. Moore
Author of Lady Flyer: The Extraordinary True Story of WWII Aviator Nancy Harkness Love Following World War 1, a plethora of trained pilots returned to American soil. Jobs such as […]
September 7
WASP Marybelle Jean Lyall Arduengo 44-4 is born in 1921 WASP Alyce Stevens Rohrer 44-4 is born in 1922
September 6
WASP Dorothy I. McLean 43-7 is born in 1914