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February 12

WASP Moya Mitchell Anonson 43-6 is born in 1914 WASP Dorothy A. Avery 43-6 is born in 1917 WASP Dolores Meurer Reed is born at Batvia, New York in 1918

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February 10

In 1943, Walt Disney authorizes the use of Fifinella as WASP mascot. (pg. 96 OFA) WASP Doris J. Elkington Hamaker is born in 1921

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February 9

WASP Marjorie T. Popell Sizemore 43-5 is born in 1914 WASP Helen Jane Trigg Luts 43-8 is born in 1921 at Tallahassee, FL

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February 7

In 1943 Second Women’s Flying Training Detachment at Sweetwater is approved. WASP Jean Hanmer Pearson 43-3 is born in 1915 

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Iris Cummings Wings Pinning from Jackie Cochran with her father

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.

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