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Remembering My Father: A Magical Day
A Belated Father’s Day Memory The Road Home It was one of those sultry Middle-Tennessee-in-July days when you never really get dry after your shower. Your clothes stick to you like Saran Wrap to a bowl of leftovers. Five of us sat silently in the air-cooled car — staring out the closed windows at the…
The WAFS and How They Came to Be (Part 2)
Nancy Love Takes Command of the WAFS By Sarah Byrn Rickman, WASP Author and Historian Part 2 (Continued from last week) Summer 1942, Colonel Tunner hires Nancy Love to recruit women ferry pilots, write their training syllabus and establish requirements to qualify for this new squadron. From left: WAFS Evelyn Sharp, Nancy Love, Barbara Towne,…
Nancy Love Breaks Military Barriers for Women Pilots
Nancy Love Breaks Military Barriers for Women Pilots Nancy Harkness Love broke the military gender barrier when she led 303 civilian women pilots for the Army Air Forces’ (AAF) Ferrying Division in World War II. President Harry Truman awarded her the prestigious Air Medal for her job well done. “Ferrying” means to fly the aircraft…
A REVIEW OF BETTY GILLIES WAFS PILOT
Betty Gillies WAFS Pilot The Days and Flights of a WWII Squadron Leader From Aimee Luna, Story Circle Network Imagine, if you will, what it must have been like to be one of the first women pilots flying for the United States military in the World War II era. In Betty Gillies, WAFS Pilot: The Days…
Betty Gillies WAFS Pilot Debuts in Two Weeks!
Book Launch Thursday, October 15! You’re Invited Mary, my marketing manager (mary@buythebookmarketing.com) and I invite you to join us for Betty’s Book Launch Party — on ZOOM — Thursday, October 15th at 11 a.m. Mountain Time; 10 a.m. Pacific Time; 1 p.m. Eastern Time; and Noon Central Time. More about this in next week’s blog/newsletter. I…
38 WASP Died in WWII, 3 Were Original WAFS
Thirty-eight WASP perished performing their patriotic calling — flying for their country in World War II. All were young women, age 20 to early 30s — women whose futures would never be realized. Cornelia Fort, a southern gentlewoman from Tennessee, loved flying. She also was on her way to becoming a proven writer. Early on,…