Elizabeth “Betty” Evert Greene, Class 43-W-5 first assignment after WASP training was at Camp Davis flying an A-24 Dauntless on radar tracking missions as well as both day and night missions flying a B-34 towing targets. After WWII, Betty helped found Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and served as a pilot […]
You might recognize this iconic photo of a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) in the pilot’s seat of a Martin B-26 Marauder, but do you know who she is? If you guessed Elizabeth “Libby” Gardner of WASP Class 43-W-6, you were right! Gardner was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1921. […]
Born on a cold February morning in a small farm house in West Liberty, Iowa, Marie Mountain Clark, WASP Class 44-W-1, got an early start in aviation. It was the responsibility of Marie and her younger sister to turn on the aircraft marker lights on the Des Moines Radio Range […]
Before becoming one of the first women to fly U.S. military aircraft and earning her wings as part of WASP Class 43-W-7, Caro Bayley Bosca learned to fly in the Civilian Pilot Training Program at St. Mary’s College in Columbus, Ohio in 1941. After completing her CPTP training, Bosca worked […]
Enid Clifford Fisher, WASP Class 43-6, was born in 1917 in Everett, Washington. From a young age, Enid had an interest in flying, and negotiated with her parents to let her take flying lessons after she graduated from college. Not long after graduating from Oregon State University, Enid signed up […]
Born in 1919 in a cabin in Washington State, Mary Koth McCabe, WASP Class 44-1, was described as a free spirit who believed, “If you don’t enjoy life, it’s your own fault.” After high school, Mary spent ample time on a Harley-Davidson, and eventually decided she wanted to learn how […]
“We can use you.” That’s what Jackie Cochran, wartime head of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), told young Marie Muccie after looking at the 300 hours in her flight log during an interview. Marie had a big hurdle to cross before she could join the WASP, though – she […]
During her time serving in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), Mary Helen Gosnell Chappell, WASP Class 44-6, ferried secrets. From top secret cargo, to scientists working on the development of the atomic bomb, to classified documents, Gosnell was frequently met by the FBI upon landing. Agents would escort passengers […]
Francie Meisner Park, WASP Class 44-10, was born in 1919 in Piper, Kansas. After the war broke out, Francie joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and learned to fly the PT-17, BT-13, PT-19, and the AT-6. During her service as a WASP, she was stationed at Goodfellow Army Air […]
Nadine Ramsey Class 43-W-5 overcame extraordinary challenges only to become an elite, trailblazing pilot. She was raised in Depression-era Kansas, and when she was 17, her father was arrested for spousal abuse. After her father’s death in jail, Ramsey dropped out of school to become a secretary to help support […]