Women pilots of World War II /
Cole, Jean Hascall, 1922-
Women pilots of World War II / Women pilots of World War Two Women pilots of World War 2 Jean Hascall Cole. - Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, �1992. - 1 online resource (xxii, 165 pages) : illustrations
Includes index.
1. How It Began -- 2. Avenger Field and Primary Training -- 3. Ground School and Basic Training -- 4. Instrument Training and Link -- 5. Cross-Country and Advanced Training -- 6. B-26 School -- 7. Other Bases, Other Planes -- 8. Test Pilots and Ferry Pilots -- 9. Pursuit Pilots and Bomber Pilots -- 10. Deactivation and Beyond.
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Collected by one of the forty-nine members of class 44-W-2, Jean Hascall Cole's interviews with her former classmates document their valuable contribution to the history of women, aviation, and the military. Women Pilots of World War II presents a rare look at the personal experiences of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) by recording the adventures from one of eighteen classes of women to graduate from the Army Air Forces flight training school during World War II. This unique oral history verifies the flying accomplishments of these women pilots from as early as 1943. The women pilots of class 44-W-2 flew every type of aircraft, including heavy bombers, transports, and pursuits. Their experiences include crashes on takeoff, midair collisions, forced landings, parachute jumps from sabotaged aircraft, and many other exciting tales. Women Pilots of World War II starts with their training at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, follows them to their bases, and documents what happened once the WASP program was deactivated in December 1944. In conclusion, the pilots speculate on the changing roles of women in our society, the value of their service to their country, and their contribution to the women's movement and society in general.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585107114 9780585107110 1607813408 9781607813408
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--History.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--Biography.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
1939-1945
Geschichte 1943.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Military operations, Aerial--American.
Women air pilots.
Flugzeugf�uhrerin
Frau.
Luftwaffe
Weltkrieg
United States.
USA.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Erlebnisbericht.
D790 / .C62 1992eb
940.54/4973/088042
Women pilots of World War II / Women pilots of World War Two Women pilots of World War 2 Jean Hascall Cole. - Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, �1992. - 1 online resource (xxii, 165 pages) : illustrations
Includes index.
1. How It Began -- 2. Avenger Field and Primary Training -- 3. Ground School and Basic Training -- 4. Instrument Training and Link -- 5. Cross-Country and Advanced Training -- 6. B-26 School -- 7. Other Bases, Other Planes -- 8. Test Pilots and Ferry Pilots -- 9. Pursuit Pilots and Bomber Pilots -- 10. Deactivation and Beyond.
Use copy
Collected by one of the forty-nine members of class 44-W-2, Jean Hascall Cole's interviews with her former classmates document their valuable contribution to the history of women, aviation, and the military. Women Pilots of World War II presents a rare look at the personal experiences of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) by recording the adventures from one of eighteen classes of women to graduate from the Army Air Forces flight training school during World War II. This unique oral history verifies the flying accomplishments of these women pilots from as early as 1943. The women pilots of class 44-W-2 flew every type of aircraft, including heavy bombers, transports, and pursuits. Their experiences include crashes on takeoff, midair collisions, forced landings, parachute jumps from sabotaged aircraft, and many other exciting tales. Women Pilots of World War II starts with their training at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, follows them to their bases, and documents what happened once the WASP program was deactivated in December 1944. In conclusion, the pilots speculate on the changing roles of women in our society, the value of their service to their country, and their contribution to the women's movement and society in general.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585107114 9780585107110 1607813408 9781607813408
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--History.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--Biography.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
1939-1945
Geschichte 1943.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Military operations, Aerial--American.
Women air pilots.
Flugzeugf�uhrerin
Frau.
Luftwaffe
Weltkrieg
United States.
USA.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Erlebnisbericht.
D790 / .C62 1992eb
940.54/4973/088042