Reunion!
Women Airforce Service Pilots
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@will-historysnoop.bsky.socialReunion!
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#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)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social24 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
Women Airforce Service Pilots
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@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#WASP Edith Katherine Smith Beal 44-W-7
Target towing.
Assigned: Eagle Pass AAF, TX.
(15 July 1916 – 24 April 2013)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.socialDelphine Bohn
(5 Jul 1913 – 18 Jan 1992)
Florene Miller Watson
(7 Dec 1920 – 4 Feb 2014)
Teresa James
(24 Jan 1914 - 27 Jul 2008)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#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)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.socialMary 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)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.socialThe 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)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#WASP Wilhelmina “Billy” Morse Teerling 43-W-7
Assigned: Childress AAF, Texas
(29 November 1909 - 7 July 1986)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#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 🎂
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#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)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.socialJackie Cochran
(11 May 1906– 9 Aug 1980)
Marie Muccie Genaro
(1 May 1921– 11 Jan 2003)
Col. Jediah. Hills AAF Flying Training Command
(23 Jul 1892– 23 May 1981)
Moynahan, Rita (McArdle)
(26 Oct 1918– 29 May 1998)
? Betty Bachman Buehner
(5 Nov 1919– 18 Feb 1981)
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#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! 🎂
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.socialVirginia Sweet (Disbrow, divorce) 43-W-4
(12 Feb 1921 - 12 Jul 2009)
Janice Christensen 43-W-5
(27 Jan 1913 - 26 Apr 1965)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social 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)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#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
Women Airforce Service Pilots
@will-historysnoop.bsky.social#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)
Women Airforce Service Pilots
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