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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

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October 5

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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