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WASP of the Ferry Command : Women Pilots, Uncommon Deeds
- Title
- WASP of the Ferry Command : Women Pilots, Uncommon Deeds / Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Deborah G. Douglas.
- Author
- Rickman, Sarah Byrn
- Publication
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2016]
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 440 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Airplanes > United States > Ferrying > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation > United States
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female
- United States > Army Air Forces > Air Transport Command > Ferrying Division > History
- United States > Army Air Forces > Transportation
- Women air pilots > United States > History > 20th century
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-4390
- ISBN
- 9781574416374 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1574416375 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781574416428 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015046031
- OCLC
- 930508805
- Author
- Rickman, Sarah Byrn, author.
- Title
- WASP of the Ferry Command : Women Pilots, Uncommon Deeds / Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Deborah G. Douglas.
- Publisher
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-4390