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WASP Mildred Toner Chapin 43-3 is born in 1920 WASP Margaret L. Parish Garland 44-7 is born in 1922 in Raleigh, NC
The Winter 2025 Newsletter is here!
Happy Hoildays and New Year! We are excited to bring ina new year with our WASP family, friends, and supporters. In April on the 17 – 18, our staff would […]
The Spring 2025 Newsletter is here!
Happy Spring! Keep updated with the latest news, articles, and events at the WASP WWII Museum by reading our monthly newsletters. Subscribe to our mailing list to get exclusive WASP […]
Solange D’Hooghe 43-W-5 | WASP in the Spotlight 2024
Solange D’Hooghe 43-W-5 | WASP in the Spotlight 2024
WASP in the Spotlight: Kin of WASP
PANEL DETAILS Saturday, April 26, 20251:10 – 2:10 PM Moderator: Mo Barrett Located In Hangar 1 FEATURING Family Members Representing: Ruth Franckling Reynolds: 44-W-6 Dorothy Bancroft Hammet: 44-W-6 Florence Niemiec […]
Legislation to Militarize the WASP (Part II) – A battle, hard fought…three decades later
After the bill to militarize the WASP failed by 19 votes in June 1944, the WASP were officially disbanded on December 20, 1944, and the women who had served their country admirably were sent home in stunned silence at their own expense.
The WASP & the Buzz on Drones…and a war worker named Norma Jean Dougherty
A big topic in the news these days is about the use of drones, otherwise known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). A drone is a small or medium aircraft without […]
The Winter 2024 Newsletter is here!
Happy Holidays! Keep updated with the latest news, articles, and events at the WASP WWII Museum by reading our monthly newsletters. Subscribe to our mailing list to get exclusive WASP […]
‘P’ is for Pursuit | The WASP who ferried the hottest fighters of the day by Julia Lauria-Blum
From the early to the middle of the 20th century, the name ‘Pursuit’, or the letter ‘P’, was primarily used by the U.S. Army Air Service – later called the […]
Aline ‘Pat’ Rhonie | Pilot, Artist, WAFS Original by Julia Lauria-Blum
Aline ‘Pat’ Rhonie was a pioneering pilot who learned to fly in 1930 in Reno, Nevada and on Long Island at Roosevelt Field during the ‘Golden Age of Aviation’. By […]