HOW THE WASP WON THEIR MILITARIZATION From Sarah Byrn Rickman Here’s a little-known piece of WASP militarization history! Nancy Batson Crews – an original WAFS [the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron that preceded the WASP] – served 1972-1975 as President of The Order of Fifinella [1], the Post-War organization established by the WASP. During her time…
IT TOOK 33 YEARS FOR THE WOMEN PILOTS OF WWII TO BE RECOGNIZED AS VETERANS Dorothy Scott was the 25th woman pilot to join the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) in the fall of 1942. Dorothy perished in a mid-air crash a year later – the second of the original WAFS to die flying for…
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Lies in State in Westminster Abbey Monday all eyes will be on London, England. There, the world will say goodbye to a woman many of us have known all our lives. I speak, of course, of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. My childhood, the part I actually remember, was during the World War II years…
We’re Off to See the War Rooms and The Changing of the Guard August 28, 2022, London, England: A full day for the Rickman Five: the Tube into downtown London deposited us near Buckingham Palace, a popular place at 11 a.m. that morning. We were there to witness the Changing of the Guard – we…
EXPLORING THE YORKSHIRE DALES – UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Yorkshire, England: August 23, 2022: Our search for renown veterinary surgeon James Herriot and the town of Darrowby proved futile. But if you locate the actual town of Thirsk in Yorkshire you will strike gold! The man you seek is not James Herriot, but James Alfred…
NORMANDY: AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE! D-Day, June 6, 1944, was a long, long time ago, but those of us who were children then, and still are around today, remember it – if only vaguely. I was seven. I remember the headline in the Rocky Mountain News, Denver’s tabloid morning newspaper. That headline type was huge. Today I…
New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame Inducts WAFS Dorothy Fulton After a forty-year wait, Honey Fulton Parker is thrilled that – long overdue – her older sister Dorothy Fulton (Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, WWII) has been recognized by her home state for her flying record par excellence!!! Flying Over Teaneck She Loses Her Propeller! Dorothy has quite…
JEAN LANDIS WASP PILOT 2,500 Miles … Long Beach to Newark in a P-51 Last Saturday, July 16, the WASP World War II Museum “Zoomed” a Texas-style get-together down in Sweetwater! We paid tribute to an outstanding WASP – Jean Landis, Class 43-4. And we launched “her” book! A pursuit ferry pilot, as the title…
WASP Museum to Launch ‘Jean Landis WASP Pilot’ July 16 Jean Landis WASP Pilot – 2,500 Miles … Long Beach to Newark in a P-51, my latest book in the WASP/WAFS Pilot Series, will officially debut Saturday, July 16, at 1:30 pm Central Daylight Time – on ZOOM. The Zoom connection will be coming direct…
JEAN LANDIS WASP PILOT Book Launch Coming in July Well we didn’t get the Jean Landis WASP Pilot book launch done, did we! May 18 was a BIG DAY on my calendar, but Covid did me in. Rather than subject you to my raspy bass voice, we decided it best to wait until later. July…
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