WASP-Women Airforce Service Pilots

WASP-Women Airforce Service Pilots

WASP
Women Airforce Service Pilots
American Patriots, Trailblazers & Heroines WWII
By Emma Gee

The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. America is at war! In 1942, the Pacific as well as the European theaters of war desperately needs combat pilots.
Daring young American women pilots wait in the wings for the chance to prove their skills as military aircraft ferry pilots.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt is in favor of women flying military aircraft; she believes that â€˜Women in this particular case are a weapon waiting to be usedâ€™.
The commander of the United States Army Air Forces intones that he does not think that a young girl can handle the large B-17 bomber in a heavy storm.
The American people are not ready for women to sit in the cockpit of military aircraft; they view it as women taking jobs away from men.
Trailblazer Jackie Cochran, famous American flyer does not take â€˜noâ€™ for an answer, she continues the struggle for women pilots to ferry military aircraft in the USA. She recruits twenty-five qualified women pilots to ferry military aircraft in Britain for the (ATA) Air Transport Auxiliary to prove that American women pilots are capable of flying military aircraft as the British women pilots have done successfully since 1940.
At the same time Nancy Harkness Love, well-known American aviator paves the way for women in military aviation. She organizes and commands an experimental ferry squadron, the Womenâ€™s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) consisting of twenty-eight highly qualified pilots to ferry American military aircraft in the USA under the Air Transport Command.
More than a thousand courageous (WASP) Womenâ€™s Airforce Service Pilots under the direction of the unwavering Jackie Cochran take to the skies to ferry every type of military aircraft from the P-51 Mustang fighter planes to the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers to whatever destination required in the USA.
Thirty-eight of these devoted patriots sacrifice their lives for their country. These determined gutsy women pilots, measure up to their male counterparts, contrary to the beliefs of others. They prove their valuable contribution to the war effort. These plucky young women overcome the bias they face and show their true mettle to America. Their contribution to victory in WWII went officially unacknowledged for too many years.
President Obama recognized the WASP in July 2009 with the awarding of a Congressional Gold Medal for their brave service.
â€œThese fine young women flew over sixty million non-combat air miles from 1942 to 1944 in the USA.The Women Air Force Service Pilots courageously answered their countryâ€™s call in a time of need while blazing a trail for the brave women who have given and continue to give so much in service to this nation since," said President Obama. "Every American should be grateful for their service, and I am honored to sign this bill to finally give them some of the hard-earned recognition they deserve."
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-09-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-09-17
Format	Kindle eBook

WASP-Women Airforce Service Pilots

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