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10 sie 2018 · The United States Air Force Collection, now at the National Archives and Records Administration at College Park, Maryland, contains a range of color transparencies featuring the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Part of my summer internship with the Aeronautics Department was spent exploring and scanning images from this incredible resource ...
"The gun crews of a Navy cruiser covering American landing on the island of Mindoro, Dec. 15, 1944, scan the skies in an effort to identify a plane overhead. Two 5'' (127mm) guns are ready while inboard 20mm anti-aircraft crews are ready to act."
26 mar 2021 · Anne Noggle (1922–2005) confronts themes of gender equality and aging through portraits of World War II women pilots in the United States and the Soviet Union. Her photographs convey their grit, defiance, femininity, and love of flying.
Explore original, newly digitized images of World War II women pilots, complete with the original captions given to these images when they were taken. Archives serve an incredibly...
About 1,100 young women flew military aircraft stateside during World War II as part of a program called Women Airforce Service Pilots — WASP for short.
When the war ended, 11,275 women had become yeomen (F), the “F” for “female.” By filling shore positions in Washington and naval districts, they replaced men needed for sea duty. There were no women officers, and most yeomen (F) were clerical workers. The women returned to civilian life in mid-1919.
The Groundbreaking Stories of American Women Aviators in World War II Uplifting the History of the Pilots Who Confronted Gender Barriers to Women in Uniform. By Erica Jaros (Top) Group photograph of eleven WASP standing outside of a building at Napier Field.
