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#WASP Avanell Pinkley 43-W-2
Assigned: Love Field, Dallas, Texas
Died destitute in a nursing home
(1913 – 22 November 1977)

Women Airforce Service Pilots
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December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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#WASP Vega Johnson Sogg 43-W-1
“Guinea Pig Class)
Assigned: Romulus AAF, Michigan
(6 Jun 1918 – 10 Dec 1992)

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December 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

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August 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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#WASP Eleanor Roxana Hinkle Vaughn 44-W-1
Assigned: Eagle Pass AAF, TX
(27 Dec 1920 - 2 Oct 2004)

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July 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Gabrielle Patterson, UK's 1st woman flying instructor & 1 of "first eight" #WWII Air Transport Auxiliary female #pilots in 1940. She instigated the #AmyJohnson Memorial Fund, in memory of her late #ATA pilot colleague in 1941. b. #OTD 6 Jul 1905 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel...
Gabrielle Patterson in B&W headshot photo #WomenPilots
July 6, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Honor Salmon (née Pitman of shorthand family). Learned to fly @ 14 1936 joined First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. #WWII 1941 First Officer pilot in UK Air Transport Auxiliary. Crashed 1943, 1 of 15 women pilots who lost their lives whilst flying for #ATA d. #OTD 19 Apr 1943 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_S...
Honor Salmon in B&W headshot in ATA uniform #WomenPilots
April 19, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Emily Irene Porter Kline 44-W-1
(8 Nov 1920 –14 Dec 2012)
Phyllis Regina Marsden Johnson Strauss Paradis 44-W-5
(16 Nov 1916 – 23 Jan 2018)

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September 27, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenPilots
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August 25, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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-- TO LIVE AND DIE A WASP –-

Marjorie Edwards 44-W-6
(28 September 1918 – 13 June 1944)

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June 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Women Airforce Service Pilots

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July 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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#WASP at Long Beach AAF, Long Beach, California

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October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Mary de Bunsen was expected to be debutante, hated it, so learned to fly as escape route from “ghastly fate of a daughter-in-waiting”. 1941 joined #WWII Air Transport Auxiliary ferrying planes around UK. Paddled Solent in canoe to counteract stress of #ATA flying d. #OTD 13 Apr 1982 bit.ly/2Pmjin3
mary de bunsen in 1934 B&W snapshot #WomenInAviation #WomenPilots
April 13, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Reunion

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June 23, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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WAFS
(Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron)
THE ORIGINAL WASP
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July 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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WAFS
(Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron)
THE ORIGINAL #WASP

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June 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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#WASP Graduation March and Review at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas

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March 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Aviator Amelia Mary Earhart
24 July Birthday
Happy Birthday! 🎂
(24 July 1897 — July 1937)

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July 24, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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THE ORIGINAL WASP

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May 7, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Steppin’ Up!
#WASP/#WAFS Nancy Batson Crews
(1 February 1920 – 14 January 2001)

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August 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Woohoo I’ve never had an orange sticker before. Thank you for making my day USA! #sapphicromance #historicalfiction #womenpilots #histfic
December 1, 2023 at 9:05 PM
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#WAFS - #WASP Ready for Action
Theresa James
(24 Jan 1914 - 27 Jul 2008)
Betty Huyler Gillies
(1 Jan 1908 – 14 Oct 1998)

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July 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks 1911 2nd UK woman to earn aviator's licence. Trained @ Hendon flying school, passing test in Farman biplane 3 months after Hilda Hewlett. 1913 passenger in air crash, unconscious for 6 weeks, never flew again d #OTD 1 May 1971 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherida... #WomenPilots
Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks in flying outfit. B&W photo
May 1, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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Preparing to Ferry a P-38
#WASP Ruth Dailey Helm 43-W-2
(29 December 1916 – 28 February 2015)

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October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Mary de Bunsen hated being debutante, 1932 learned to fly: escape route from “ghastly fate of a daughter-in-waiting”. Ran PR for Straight Corp Ltd UK airlines/airports. #WWII Air Transport Auxiliary pilot. Paddled Solent in canoe to counteract stress of #ATA flying b. #OTD 29 May 1910 bit.ly/2Pmjin3
Mary de Bunsen in 1934 B&W snapshot #WomenInAviation #WomenPilots
May 29, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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With encouragement and support of the Daytona 99s chapter, meet the newest private Pilot, Brooklyn.

Congratulations!

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November 26, 2024 at 4:36 AM