October 7

WASP Frances F. Grimes, 43-3 is born in 1914 WASP Virginia Malany Meloney 43-4 is born in 1919 WASP Inez S. Woodward Woods, 43-4 is born in 1917 WASP Harriett […]

October 6

WASP Mary Lou Colbert Neale, 43-1 is born in 1914 WASP Jeanette Jean Jenkins, 44-1 is born in 1917 WASP Virginia N. Grant, 44-3 is born in 1924 WASP Josephine […]

October 5

WASP G. Marcia Wenzel Milner 43-8 is born in 1920 WASP Wilda N. Winfield McCurrach, 44-8 is born in 1920

October 4

WASP Elizabeth Williamson Shipley, 44-4 is born in 1918

October 3

WASP Anne Berry Lesnikowski, 44-2 is born in 1921 WASP Ruth Choquette Thatcher, 44-3 is born in 1917 WASP Margaret A. Roberts Goldhahn, 44-5 is born in 1917 WASP Anna […]

October 2

WASP Rita E. Murphy Wischmeyer, 44-3 is born in 1921 WASP Codye Gwen Clinkscales Linder, 44-5 is born in 1922 WASP Mary K. Retick Wells, 44-6 is born in 1919 […]

October 1

In 1943, 15 WASP from Camp Davis transferred to Camp Stewart to take a special course in radio-controlled drone flight. The assignment is “top secret” and experimental. WASP Violet C. […]

September 30

WASP Jean F. Hixson 44-6 is born in 1922 WASP Rose A. Palmer 44-6 is born in 1921

September 29

By 1944, the WASP Program had trained 930 women pilots.

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 […]