WASP of the Ferry Command : Women Pilots, Uncommon Deeds /

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Autor principal: Rickman, Sarah Byrn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
United States. > Army Air Forces. > Air Transport Command. > Ferrying Division.
United States. > Army Air Forces.
United States. > Army Air Forces > Transportation.
United States. > Army Air Forces. > Air Transport Command. > Ferrying Division > History.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) > History.
Women air pilots.
Transportation.
Military participation > Female.
Military operations, Aerial > American.
Armed Forces > Transportation.
Airplanes > Ferrying.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Convoyage (Aeronautique) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes pilotes d'aeronef > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Transport > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des femmes.
Airplanes > United States > Ferrying > History > 20th century.
Women air pilots > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • War declared, pilots needed
  • September 1939-September 1942
  • The beginnings
  • Coup at the water cooler
  • Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron
  • Building the WFTD
  • October 1942-April 1943
  • Women's Flying Training Detachment
  • Class 43-1, the "guinea pigs"
  • Class 43-2
  • Class 43-3
  • Classes 43-4, 43-5 and 43-6
  • Three more women's ferrying squadrons formed
  • January-June 1943
  • 5th Ferrying Group, Dallas
  • 2nd Ferrying Group, Wilmington
  • 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus
  • 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach
  • Welcome to the Ferry Command
  • Missions altered, July-November 1943
  • Cochran and a power grab
  • Nancy and Betty fly the fortress
  • New mission for the Ferrying Division
  • The air inspector
  • The ATC holds firm in tussle for command
  • Ferrying can be hazardous to your health, December 1943-July 1944
  • Ten WASP ferry pilots tell all!
  • WASP fly "the game changer" December 1943-July 1944
  • Pursuit school
  • Militarization
  • Officer training school
  • The first transfers
  • 21st Ferrying Group, Palm Springs
  • D-Day, the sixth of June
  • A typical coast-to-coast P-51 delivery
  • Winning the war, losing the battle, August-November 1944
  • The great transfer
  • The fall out
  • Ferrying
  • the highs and lows
  • Denouement, November-December 1944
  • Twelve WASP ferry pilots died
  • Facts of life in the Ferry Command
  • In their own words.

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