Title: Women pilots of World War II /
Authors: Cole, Jean Hascall, 1922-
Publisher: University of Utah Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) History.; Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) Biography.; Air pilots United States Biography; Women air pilots United States Biography; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.
Abstract: Collected by one of the forty-nine members of class 44-W-2, Jean Hascall Cole's interviews with her former classmates document their valuable contribution to the history of women, aviation, and the military. Women Pilots of World War II presents a rare look at the personal experiences of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) by recording the adventures from one of eighteen classes of women to graduate from the Army Air Forces flight training school during World War.
Contents: 1: How It Began -- 2: Avenger Field and Primary Training -- 3: Ground School and Basic Training -- 4: Instrument Training and Link -- 5: Cross-Country and Advanced Training -- 6: B-26 School -- 7: Other Bases, Other Planes -- 8: Test Pilots and Ferry Pilots -- 9: Pursuit Pilots and Bomber Pilots -- 10: Deactivation and Beyond.