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Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II
- Title
- Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II / by Sarah Byrn Rickman.
- Author
- Rickman, Sarah Byrn.
- Publication
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | D790.5.L68 R53 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xx, 332 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "When the United States entered World War II, the Army needed pilots to transport or "ferry" its combat-bound aircraft across the United States for overseas deployment and its trainer airplanes to flight training bases. Male pilots were in short supply, so into this vacuum stepped Nancy Love and her Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS). Initially the Army implemented both the WAFS program and Jacqueline Cochran's more ambitious plan to train women to do many of the military's flight-related jobs stateside. By 1943, General Hap Arnold decided to combine the women's programs and formed the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), with Cochran as the Director of Women Pilots. Love was named the Executive for WASP."
- Series Statement
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 4
- Uniform Title
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 4.
- Subject
- Love, Nancy Harkness, 1914-1976
- Love, Nancy Harkness, 1914-1976
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) > Biography
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command. Ferrying Division > Biography
- United States. Army Air Forces > Transportation
- United States. Army Air Forces
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command. Ferrying Division
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation > United States
- Air pilots > United States > Biography
- Women air pilots > United States > Biography
- Armed Forces > Transportation
- Air pilots
- Military operations, Aerial > American
- Transportation
- Women air pilots
- Luftwaffe
- Flugzeugführerin
- Zweiter Weltkrieg
- Luftkampf
- Tweede Wereldoorlog
- Luchtmacht
- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biografieën (vorm)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-319) and index.
- Contents
- Learning to fly -- Learning to live -- Stretching her wings -- Tricycle gear test pilot -- War in Europe! -- Wanted : ferry pilots -- Two women pilot groups -- The originals gather -- Growing pains -- Killed in service of her country -- Transport and transition -- A B-17 bound for england -- Change in the air -- Pursuit school -- The quest for militarization -- In pursuit, coast to coast -- Militarization denied -- Denouement of the WASP -- Flying the hump -- Peace, prosperity, and parenthood -- Life on the Vineyard -- Empty nest -- Fighting spirit.
- ISBN
- 9781574412413
- 1574412418
- 9781574415766
- 157441576X
- LCCN
- 2007039381
- OCLC
- ocn173502734
- 173502734
- SCSB-1464454
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library