Camp Davis, North Carolina
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Camp Davis, North Carolina
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Who Died In NOVEMBER
While Flying for Their Country During WW2
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Who Died In NOVEMBER
While Flying for Their Country During WW2
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FIRST WASP ALLOWED BURIAL IN
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Logged over 1200 hrs. as a WASP.
(17 February 1916 – 15 February 2002)
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FIRST WASP ALLOWED BURIAL IN
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Logged over 1200 hrs. as a WASP.
(17 February 1916 – 15 February 2002)
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#WASP Bethel Gibbons 43-W-6
(2 July 1921 – 22 August 2010)
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#WASP Bethel Gibbons 43-W-6
(2 July 1921 – 22 August 2010)
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Assigned” Bryan AAF, Texas.
Founder w/husband of Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum,
“The Air Zoo,” Kalamazoo, Mich
13 Nov 1922- 14 May 2010
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Assigned” Bryan AAF, Texas.
Founder w/husband of Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum,
“The Air Zoo,” Kalamazoo, Mich
13 Nov 1922- 14 May 2010
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Helen Richards Prosser
2 Aug 1921- 23 Oct 1976
Barbara Erickson London
1 July 1920- 7 July 2013
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Helen Richards Prosser
2 Aug 1921- 23 Oct 1976
Barbara Erickson London
1 July 1920- 7 July 2013
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#WAFS#WASP Leader Nancy Harkness Love
(14 February 1914 – 22 October 1976)
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#WAFS#WASP Leader Nancy Harkness Love
(14 February 1914 – 22 October 1976)
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#WASP Jeannette Charlotte Kapus 44-W-4
Assigned: Courtland AAF, Ala.- Engineering Test Pilot
U.S. Air Force 1947 – Retired Lt. Colonel 1972
(14 Jan 1920 - 8 Jan 2009)
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#WASP Jeannette Charlotte Kapus 44-W-4
Assigned: Courtland AAF, Ala.- Engineering Test Pilot
U.S. Air Force 1947 – Retired Lt. Colonel 1972
(14 Jan 1920 - 8 Jan 2009)
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#WASP Ruth Dailey Helm 43-W-2
(29 December 1916 – 28 February 2015)
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#WASP Ruth Dailey Helm 43-W-2
(29 December 1916 – 28 February 2015)
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Assigned: Merced AAF, CA.
“I loved it! I loved being up in the air.”
(28 October 1920 – 7 January 2013) #BIRTHDAY 🎂
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Assigned: Merced AAF, CA.
“I loved it! I loved being up in the air.”
(28 October 1920 – 7 January 2013) #BIRTHDAY 🎂
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#The38 #WASP Gertrude Vreeland “Tommy” Tompkins Silver
Flying a P-51 from Los Angeles.
16 Oct 1912– 26 Oct 1944
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORZ...
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#The38 #WASP Gertrude Vreeland “Tommy” Tompkins Silver
Flying a P-51 from Los Angeles.
16 Oct 1912– 26 Oct 1944
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORZ...
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Assigned: Douglas AAF, Arizona
(8 October 1919 – 15 September 2004)
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Assigned: Douglas AAF, Arizona
(8 October 1919 – 15 September 2004)
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Target towing - AT-6
#WASP Mary “Minkie” Heckman 44-W-2
(21 June 1918 – 11 June 2004)
Annelle “Nellie” Henderson Bulecheck 44-W-2
(19 Jan 1920 – 4 Jan 2004)
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Target towing - AT-6
#WASP Mary “Minkie” Heckman 44-W-2
(21 June 1918 – 11 June 2004)
Annelle “Nellie” Henderson Bulecheck 44-W-2
(19 Jan 1920 – 4 Jan 2004)
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(24 Jul 1921 - 22 Dec 2011)
Instructor: Capt. J. T. Scapansky
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(24 Jul 1921 - 22 Dec 2011)
Instructor: Capt. J. T. Scapansky
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#WASP Marjorie Sandford "Sandy" Thompson 43-W-5
Flew the heavies at Harlingen AAF, TX
(18 February 1915 - 10 May 2008)
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#WASP Marjorie Sandford "Sandy" Thompson 43-W-5
Flew the heavies at Harlingen AAF, TX
(18 February 1915 - 10 May 2008)
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#WASP Elizabeth “Betty” Haas Pfister 43-W-5
(23 July 1921 – 17 November 2011)
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#WASP Elizabeth “Betty” Haas Pfister 43-W-5
(23 July 1921 – 17 November 2011)
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Barbara “B.J.” Erickson London
(1 Jul 1920 - 7 Jul 2013)
#The38 Evelyn Genevieve “Sharpie” Sharp
(20 October 1919 – 3 Apr 1944)
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Barbara “B.J.” Erickson London
(1 Jul 1920 - 7 Jul 2013)
#The38 Evelyn Genevieve “Sharpie” Sharp
(20 October 1919 – 3 Apr 1944)
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#WAFS/#WASP Evelyn Genevieve “Sharpie” Sharp’s BIRTHDAY
She was killed when her airplane’s engine failed in takeoff.
(20 October 1919 – 3 April 1944)
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#WAFS/#WASP Evelyn Genevieve “Sharpie” Sharp’s BIRTHDAY
She was killed when her airplane’s engine failed in takeoff.
(20 October 1919 – 3 April 1944)
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Women Airforce Service Pilots take a
Jeep ride at Love Field, Dallas, Texas, 1943
B-24 Liberator on the pad.
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Women Airforce Service Pilots take a
Jeep ride at Love Field, Dallas, Texas, 1943
B-24 Liberator on the pad.
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After a crash and missing for 16 years,
#WASP Marjorie Kumler 44-W-1 (“Guinea Pigs”) is finally located from the air.
(11 August 1915– 2 March 1957)
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After a crash and missing for 16 years,
#WASP Marjorie Kumler 44-W-1 (“Guinea Pigs”) is finally located from the air.
(11 August 1915– 2 March 1957)
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Flew for the British #ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary W. 77) from April 1942 until the end of #WW2
(31 Mar 1918 – 14 May 2006)
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Flew for the British #ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary W. 77) from April 1942 until the end of #WW2
(31 Mar 1918 – 14 May 2006)
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On 2,000-mile cross-country flight, Margie’s AT-6 crashes near Walnut, MS.
(20 December 1922 - 16 October 1944) #RIP
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On 2,000-mile cross-country flight, Margie’s AT-6 crashes near Walnut, MS.
(20 December 1922 - 16 October 1944) #RIP
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Left wing dropped-plane flips-spins into the ground,
14 miles from Shaw AAF, Sumter, S.C.
(14 Nov 1912 – 16 Oct 1944) #RIP
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Left wing dropped-plane flips-spins into the ground,
14 miles from Shaw AAF, Sumter, S.C.
(14 Nov 1912 – 16 Oct 1944) #RIP
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Assigned: Bryan AAF, TX
Rider on the Rose Parade WASP float “Our Eyes Are On The Stars”- 2014
(16 October 1923 – 10 July 2025) BIRTHDAY🎂
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Assigned: Bryan AAF, TX
Rider on the Rose Parade WASP float “Our Eyes Are On The Stars”- 2014
(16 October 1923 – 10 July 2025) BIRTHDAY🎂
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