Reunion!
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#WASP Eleanor Josephine Patterson Brady 44-W-2
Assigned: Gowen AAF, Iowa & Smoky Hills AAF, Kansas.
(5 June 1924 – 8 April 1963 -following the death of her husband and son)

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24 September 1944 -THE MARRIAGE 👫💍
of
#WASP Madelon Margaret Burcham Hill 44-W-1
(19 Jun 1918 – 25 Mar 2014)
& Lt. Jack Hill
(2 Jun 1918 - 15 Jan 2013
She flew B-17s and B-26s

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#The38 #WASP Betty Louise Taylor Wood 43-W-4
A-24 rolled & crashed on landing.
Married instructor Harold “Shorty” Wood on WASP class graduation day-
47 days Before Her Death.
(13 Mar 1921 – 23 Sep 1943) #RIP

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#WASP Edith Katherine Smith Beal 44-W-7
Target towing.
Assigned: Eagle Pass AAF, TX.
(15 July 1916 – 24 April 2013)

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Delphine Bohn
(5 Jul 1913 – 18 Jan 1992)
Florene Miller Watson
(7 Dec 1920 – 4 Feb 2014)
Teresa James
(24 Jan 1914 - 27 Jul 2008)

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#WASP Katherine Willinger 44-W-8
“I was fascinated by the freedom and excitement of flying.
After deactivation, I returned home, put flying behind me, and
went into the world of business.”
(12 Jul 1919 – 8 Aug 2013)

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Mary Jane Isham Ehrman 44-W-8
(30 Sep 1919 – 23 Nov 2003)
Evelyn Taylor Wahlberg 44-W-3
(5 Mar 1918 – 6 Mar 2002)
Doris Irene Boothe Wanty 44-W-8
(18 Oct 1922 - 6 Jan 2018)

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The Day They Soloed
WASP Class 43-W-7
Anne Culpepper Miller
(18 Feb 1919 – 7 Oct 2005)
Madeleine Allaire Bennett
(15 Feb 1918 – 3 Aug 2001)
Robbie Graham Grace Rinehart
(27 Aug 1919 – 12 Jan 1967)

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#WASP Wilhelmina “Billy” Morse Teerling 43-W-7
Assigned: Childress AAF, Texas
(29 November 1909 - 7 July 1986)

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#WASP Shirley Ingalls Thackara 43-W-3
Assigned: Long Beach, CA.
After the war, became Assistant Director of Sales, Steuben Glass
(16 Aug 1918 – 24 Jul 2015) BIRTHDAY 🎂

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#WASP Alyce Maude Stevens Rohrer 44-W-4 BIRTHDAY
Author: “Girls of Avenger.”

“Excuses were unacceptable.”
"Oh, to be able just once more to roam celestial heights.."

(15 September 1922 – 1 February 2024)

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-- TO LIVE AND DIE A WASP –-

WASP Alice Lovejoy 43-W-4

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#WASP Betty Marguerite Stagg Turner - 44-W-9
Assigned: Cortland AAF, Alabama – Repair Test Pilot
Author of "Out of the Blue and Into History"
(12 September 1922 – 12 December 2003)
Birthday! 🎂
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Virginia Sweet (Disbrow, divorce) 43-W-4
(12 Feb 1921 - 12 Jul 2009)
Janice Christensen 43-W-5
(27 Jan 1913 - 26 Apr 1965)
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Robbie Graham Grace Rinehart 43-W-7
(27 Aug 1919– 12 Jan 1967)
Carol Webb Cook 43-W-6
(28 Sep 1914– 28 Nov 1988)

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#WASP On the Move
Vivian Gilchrist Nemhauser 44-W-3
20 Jul 1919 – 18 May 2003
Betty Hanson Erenberg 44-W-3
21 Sep 1921 – 9 Oct 2002
Mary Coon Canavan Walters 43-W-7
29 Jan 1922 - 4 Apr 2001

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#WASP Trainees who didn’t finish training.
Rare to find info on trainees
Georgiana Warrick 44-W-7
(13 May 1914 – 23 Dec 1998)
Dorothy Trantham Blackham 44-W-8
(18 Nov 1921 – 30 Oct 1983)

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#WASP test pilots – Pecos AAF Dec 1944
#The38 Gertrude Vreeland “Tommy” Tompkins Silver
(16 Oct 1912 – 26 Oct 1944)
Mildred "Micky" Axton
(8 Jan 1919 – 6 Feb 2010)
Audrey Tardy Brady
(26 Jan 1918 – 3 May 1964)

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#WASP Trio from Class 43-W-4
- Eunice Standish Oates
(5 December 1911 – 3 August 1981)
- Unknown Trainee
- Hazel Ying Lee Louie #The38
(25 August 1912 – 25 November 1944)
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