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For God, country, and the thrill of it : Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II : photographic portraits and text / by Anne Noggle ; with an introduction by Dora Dougherty Strother.

Title
For God, country, and the thrill of it : Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II : photographic portraits and text / by Anne Noggle ; with an introduction by Dora Dougherty Strother.
Author
Noggle, Anne, 1922-2005
Publication
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1990.

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Description
xi, 160 p. : ill., ports.; 32 cm.
Summary
American women pilots garnered much attention during the Gulf War, but American women were in fact military pilots as far back as World War II. Anne Noggle, now a photographer and author based in Albuquerque, has captured the spirit of these dynamic aviation pioneers in her photographic book For God, Country, and the Thrill of It. In 1943-44 Noggle was a WASP--a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots group, the country's first women military pilots. She and her colleagues disproved assertions that women would be too emotional or high-strung to fly military aircraft. They flew every type of plane in use at the time, initially ferrying aircraft wherever they were needed and later serving as test pilots and "enemy" in training maneuvers for male combat flyers. Earning $50 a month less than male counterparts in noncombatant roles, WASPs were called on several times to test planes, such as the P-39, that male flyers had declared "flying coffins." The women flyers had better records and adhered to flight regulations, and after their test flights the military declared that the planes were indeed safe to fly--if flown properly. Still, thirty-eight WASPs did lose their lives on active duty. Not until 1979, however, did Congress affirm that these women had been in active military service and were thus eligible for veterans' benefits. Women Airforce Service Pilots had been abruptly dismissed in December 1944, when it was decided that they were no longer needed.
Series Statement
Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Texas photography series ; no. 1
Uniform Title
Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Texas photography series no. 1.
Subject
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Personal narratives – American
  • Personal narratives – American.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0890964017 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^89020382^
OCLC
  • 20417857
  • SCSB-9933425
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library