WASP: Women in the WW2 US Army Air Force Photographs

35 items in this album on 2 pages.


Hazel Lee posing with a biplane, United States, circa 1930s	Betty Gillies posing besides an aircraft, date unknown

Cornelia Fort posing with a PT-19 aircraft, date unknown	Jackie Cochran in the cockpit of P-40 Warhawk fighter, circa 1942-1945

WASP pilot Deanie (Bishop) Parrish in front of her P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, circa early 1940s	Newspaper photo of US Army Air Force Chief of Transport Command, Major General Harold George, congratulating Nancy Harkness Love on her appointment to head the Women’s Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS), Sep 1942

Eveyln Sharp (center) with other WASP pilots, 1943	Hazel Lee in WASP service, 1943-1944

Jackie Cochran in uniform, circa 1943	Nancy Harkness Love posing in front of a PT-19A trainer aircraft, 1942-43. Note WAFS patch on her jacket (forerunner of the WASPs).

WAFS pilots Barbara London (in cockpit) and Evelyn Sharp, 1942-1944	WASP pilot Catherine Vail Bridge standing in front of a P-38 Lightning, date and location unknown.

WASP pilot Elizabeth L. Gardner at the window of her B-26 Marauder bomber, Harlingen Army Air Field, Texas, United States, circa 1942-1945	WASP pilot Florene Watson seated in a P-51D Mustang, date and location unknown.

WASP trainee pilot Shirley Slade on the cover of the 19 Jul 1943 issue of Life Magazine	WAFS pilot Nancy Harkness Love in the cockpit of B-17 Flying Fortress bomber 'Queen Bee', circa Sep 1943

WASP pilots preparing to ferry A-25A Shrike aircraft, Aug-Dec 1943; note veteran WASP pilot Dora Dougherty at top	American pilot Margaret Ray in flying gear, date unknown

Four WASP pilots in training in front of B-17 bomber 'Pistol Packin' Mama', Lockbourne, Ohio, United States, circa 1943-1945	Hazel Lee sitting in a trainer, United States, 1944