Marion R. Tibbetts was born January 5, 1915, in Whitman, Massachusetts to Rayman and Mabel Taber Tibbetts. She had on older sister. Even though Claire was 10 years older than
Eleanor McLernon was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, November 3, 1922. Her parents had both gone to Tampico in the early 1900s and met and married there in 1913. Eleanor
Patricia, the eldest of four children, was born July 26, 1920, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She enjoyed flying which she referred to as her favorite “hobby”. On April 26, 1942, at
By the end of their service in December 1944, the WASP assigned to the Air Transport Command (ATC) flew 12,650 ferrying missions, equating to 9,224,000 miles flown in operation. But
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In 1942, the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), led by Nancy Love was formed to enlist already-qualified women pilots to transport (ferry) aircraft from factories to training bases. The first
The black and white photograph of Libby Gardner sitting in the left seat, at the controls of a B-26 with her forearm comfortably resting on the sill of the airplane,
In 1932, Nancy Love earned her limited commercial license at Roosevelt Field, where she frequently flew from in her early years before the WASP. That same year, Roosevelt Field was the
I admire the WASP and their desire to serve and their perseverance despite obstacles and lack of faith others had in them. Growing up, my interests landed me in situations
