Avenger Blog

March 12

WASP Dwight B. Hildinger Diel 43-4 is born in 1920 WASP Jean H. Hascall Cole 44-2 is born in 1922 WASP Joan Whelan Lyle 44-2 is born in 1920

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March 11

In 1941, President Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Agreement. WASP Elizabeth Keatts Munoz 43-8 is born in 1917

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March 10

WASP Jennie E. Brown Burbeck 43-4 is born in 1919  WASP Loes Monk MacKenzie 43-8 is born in 1921 WASP Joan C. Hutton McWaters 44-5 is born in 1921 WASP

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March 9

WASP Claire G. Callaghan 43-1 is born in 1918 at Washington D.C. WASP H. Lorraine Fiedler Raymond 44-1 is born in 1918 WASP Frances Roultone Reeves 44-4 is born in

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March 8

WASP Margaret L. Castle McAnally 43-6 is born in 1918 at Fullerton, CA WASP Dorothy A. Krasovec Eby 44-1 is born in 1920 at Sand Point, ID WASP Gloria L.

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Beth Powell

Captain Beth Powell is a trailblazer in aviation, becoming the second Black female captain at American Eagle Airlines and the first Black female pilot manager at American Airlines. With a

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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

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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

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