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WASPs : women airforce service pilots of World War II
- Title
- WASPs : women airforce service pilots of World War II / Vera S. Williams.
- Author
- Williams, Vera S., 1960-
- Publication
- Osceola, WI, USA : Motorbooks International, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | D790 .W493 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 156 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- Liberally quoting former WASPs, Williams has combined a conversational text with 150 historical and contemporary photographs to record the history of this important group of women in World War II. Under the leadership of Jacqueline Cochran, 1074 women won their wings in a program that lasted from 1942 until they were deactivated in 1944. These skilled pilots performed essential noncombatant military duties, including ferrying planes from factory to airports, towing airborne military targets, and test-flying new and repaired planes. - review from Library Journal; by Patricia A. Beaber, Trenton State Coll. Lib., N.J. (posted on Amazon.com).
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Preface: "Here's Looking at You Kid" -- 1. "Yankee Doodle Pilots" -- 2. "We Were Only Only Fooling" -- 3. "Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home" -- 4. "Im a Flying Wreck" -- 5. "Rugged but Right" -- 6. "Goin' Back to Where I Come From" -- 7. "Buckle Down Fifinella."
- ISBN
- 0879388560
- 9780879388560
- LCCN
- 93039573
- OCLC
- ocm29386555
- 29386555
- SCSB-2022454
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library