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World War II

World War II. WASP. Women Airforce Service Pilots. General Henry "Hap" Arnold. Jacqueline Cochran. www.airtransportaux.org. http://en.wikipedia.org. http://www.edwards.af.mil. Colonel William H. Tunner. (Tunner Personal Interview). (Gott 27). Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron

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World War II

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  1. World War II WASP Women Airforce Service Pilots

  2. General Henry "Hap" Arnold Jacqueline Cochran www.airtransportaux.org http://en.wikipedia.org http://www.edwards.af.mil Colonel William H. Tunner (Tunner Personal Interview)

  3. (Gott 27) Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) Formed in September of 1942 Led By Nancy Harkness Love

  4. (Gott 32) Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) Formed in September 1942 Led By Jacqueline Cochran

  5. Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Officially Formed August 5, 1943 Led By Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Harkness Love

  6. Douglas A-20 Army Attack Bomber (Gott 65) (Gott 68) P-47 Republic Thunderbolt

  7. Tunner Personal Interview WASP In Action

  8. www.twu.edu www.twu.edu www.twu.edu www.twu.edu www.twu.edu

  9. www.twu.edu

  10. (Tunner Personal Interview) Margaret Ann Hamilton (Tunner)

  11. Margaret Ann Hamilton with her J-3 Piper Cub

  12. (Tunner Personal Interview) 319th 43-W2 Graduated May 28, 1943 3rd Ferrying Group Romulus, Michigan (Gott 123)

  13. Miss Hamilton (center) in a group photo

  14. http://www.wasp-wwii.org Arnold Pinning Last WASP Wings

  15. (Gott 208) 21st Ferrying Group last graduating class of WASP, December 20, 1944. The Program was Disbanded Officially on this Day.

  16. Former WASP Bernice Falk Haydu In WASP Uniform From 1944 Presents 25,000 Signatures On Petitions To Push Forth A Bill To Give WASP Military Status In September of 1977 (Keil Photo Section)

  17. Tunner Personal Interview

  18. Works Cited Brokaw, Tom. The Greatest Generation. New York: Random House, 1998 Gott, Kay. Women In Pursuit. United States: 1993 Keil, Sally Van Wagenen. Those Wonderful Women In Their Flying Machines. New York: Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc., 1979 Texas Woman’s University. “Woman’s Airforce Service Pilots” http://www.twu.edu/wasp/history.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold

  19. Works Cited (Continued) Onkst, David H. “Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran”. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_ Daredevils/Cochran.html “Notable Flygirls Women’s Airforce Service Pilots”. http://www.edwards.af.mil/articles98/docs_html/splash/feb98/cover/wasp.html http://www.wasp-wwii.org/wasp/wings.htm http://www.skywriter.com/commlife/2003/1017/25pilot.asp http://www.aiaa.org/sections/sh/events/archives/02_10_17_Ringenberg.html

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