Rosemary Bryant Mariner

Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner (née Merims, formerly Conatser; April 2, 1953 – January 24, 2019) was an American aviator. She was one of the first six women to earn their wings as a United States Naval Aviator in 1974. She was the first female military aviator to be in command of an operational air squadron.*

Mariner died on January 24, 2019 in Anderson County, Tennessee, aged 65 from ovarian cancer.

 References 

 Other websites 
 The Year in Review (1997)  Naval Aviation News by William T. Baker
 United States Naval Aviation 1910–1995  from the Naval Historical Center
 Fallen Shipmates – China Lake
 U. S. Centennial of Flight – The Ninety-Nines 
 The Ninety-nines: Sixty and Counting 
 Study of War & Society – Personnel  University of Tennessee Knoxville
 Women Military Aviators 

Category:1953 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Cancer deaths in Tennessee
Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer
Category:Military people from Texas
Category:American aviators
Category:People from Harlingen, Texas