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Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Bronze Medal - U.S. Mint

Authorized by Public Law 111-40, this medal is a bronze duplicate of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in ...

WASPs Were Pioneers for Female Pilots of Today, Tomorrow

... the Women's Airforce Service Pilots of World War II ... Campaign medals received by the Women Airforce Service Pilots program are displayed during ...

The WASP: First in Flight | Veterans History Project Collection

The story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is a chapter from World War II nearly forgotten for over 30 years. The WASP logged over 60 million ...

WASPs of Color By: Hannah Chan, FAA history intern The Women ...

The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) were the first female military pilots. While they were classified as US federal civil service employees, ...

Women Air Force Service Pilots - San Diego Air & Space Museum

Women Air Force Service Pilots ... The female pilots would number thousands, each freeing a male pilot for combat service. The WFTD and WAFS were combined on ...

Women Airforce Service Pilots - Santa Clara University

The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program was created in 1943 by combining two civilian pilot programs for women within the Army Air Forces.

The Women Airforce Service Pilots | American Experience - PBS

The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) merge with Jackie Cochran's training program to form the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). September 30

History - National WASP WWII Museum

A history of the women airforce service pilots. In early 1942, Nancy Harkness Love's pilot skills caught the attention of Col. William Tunner.

Flying on the Homefront: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

Aeronautics curator Dorothy Cochrane explores the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and their fight for recognition for their contributions ...

Author Erin Miller Shares the Stories of the Women Airforce Service ...

waionair Erin Miller, WAI 70869, shares her passion for honoring the trailblazing Women Airforce Service Pilots in remembrance of her ...

Women Airforce Service Pilots memorial | CAF RISE ABOVE

A low-relief memorial sculpture honors the 38 women pilots who died in service. A memorial to the Women's Airforce Service Pilots created in the 1990s.

A History of the Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II

WAC Women's Army Corp. WAFS Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron. WASP Women's Airforce Service Pilots Service. WAVES Women's Accepted for Volunteer Emergency.

The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS/WASP)

Love recruited highly skilled and experienced female pilots who were sent on noncombat missions ferrying planes between factories and AAF installations. While ...

Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP)

Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP). The Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) were a brave and dedicated group of aviators who helped the ...

Establishing the Women's Airforce Service Pilots - PBS

The Royal Air Force's solution was to use trained female aviators to ferry planes around the British Isles. The women's contribution was invaluable. They were ...

- Women's Airforce Service Pilots - Air Zoo

During World War II, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) became the first women to fly America's military aircraft. But these air-minded pilots didn't ...

WWII Women at War - Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum

The Women Air Force Service Pilots could hop in any WWII aircraft type, crank it up, and fly it anywhere. Although women were not allowed to participate in ...

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

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The Groundbreaking Stories of American Women Aviators in World ...

... the Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS), and many other capacities. But it was not until President Harry S. Truman signed the Women's Armed Services ...

Female WWII Pilots: The Original Fly Girls - NPR

The head of the WASP program was Jacqueline Cochran, a pioneering aviator. (After the war, she became the first woman to break the sound barrier ...