WASP: Women in the WW2 US Army Air Force Photographs

57 items in this album on 3 pages.


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	Cochran and Arnold, circa 1944

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, 1944, photo 1 of 2

Hazel Lee sitting in a trainer, 1944, photo 2 of 2	Jackie Cochran with WASP trainees at Avenger Field, Texas, United States, 1943-44.

Margaret Ray in an aircraft cockpit	Pilot Nancy Harkness Love and WAF co-pilot Betty Huyler Gillies, the first women to fly the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, circa 1943-1945

Portrait of Annabelle Craft, circa 1944	WASP Betty Gillies flying a P-47 Thunderbolt, circa 1944, location unknown.

WASP Nancy Love in the cockpit of Fairchild PT-19 trainer, circa 1944, location unknown.	WASP pilot Dawn Seymour at the controls of a B-17 Fortress, circa 1944, location unknown.

WASP pilot Ellen Wimberly Campbell, 44-W-7, at the controls of a Beech AT-10 Wichita trainer, 1944. Location uncertain but likely Columbus Army Air Field, Columbus, Mississippi, United States.	WASP pilot Shirley Slade at the controls of a Martin B-26 Marauder bomber, 1944. Slade had a reputation for flying the difficult-to-handle airplanes like the P-39 Airacobra and the B-26 Marauder.

WASP pilots at Laredo Army Air Force Base, Texas, United States, 22 Jan 1944; note B-26 Marauder, AT-6 Texan, and C-56 Lodestar aircraft in background	Marie O’Dean “Deanie” Bishop in the cockpit of a basic trainer aircraft during her WASP training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, 11 Mar 1944. Photo may be from her first solo flight.

WASP pilot Barbara Erickson being awarded the Air Medal from the Army Air Forces Commanding General, Henry “Hap” Arnold, during the graduation ceremony for WASP cadet class 44-W-2, Avenger Field, Texas, 11 Mar 1944	Instrument Certification card issued Marie O’Dean “Deanie” Bishop during her WASP training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, United States, 27 Mar 1944.