WASP of the Ferry Command
Subtitle: women pilots, uncommon deeds
By: Sarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Deborah G. Douglas
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Denton, Texas
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781574416374; 9781574416428
Subjects: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command. Ferrying Division; Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.); Transportation; United States. Army Air Forces; Airplanes; United States; American Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945; Female Participation; Ferrying; Women air pilots; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: War declared, pilots needed; title: September 1939-September 1942; title: The beginnings; title: Coup at the water cooler; title: Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron; title: Building the WFTD; title: October 1942-April 1943; title: Women's Flying Training Detachment; title: Class 43-1, the "guinea pigs"; title: Class 43-2; title: Class 43-3; title: Classes 43-4, 43-5 and 43-6; title: Three more women's ferrying squadrons formed; title: January-June 1943; title: 5th Ferrying Group, Dallas; title: 2nd Ferrying Group, Wilmington; title: 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus; title: 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach; title: Welcome to the Ferry Command; title: Missions altered, July-November 1943; title: Cochran and a power grab; title: Nancy and Betty fly the fortress; title: New mission for the Ferrying Division; title: The air inspector; title: The ATC holds firm in tussle for command; title: Ferrying can be hazardous to your health, December 1943-July 1944; title: Ten WASP ferry pilots tell all!; title: WASP fly "the game changer" December 1943-July 1944; title: Pursuit school; title: Militarization; title: Officer training school; title: The first transfers; title: 21st Ferrying Group, Palm Springs; title: D-Day, the sixth of June; title: A typical coast-to-coast P-51 delivery; title: Winning the war, losing the battle, August-November 1944; title: The great transfer; title: The fall out; title: Ferrying - the highs and lows; title: Denouement, November-December 1944; title: Twelve WASP ferry pilots died; title: Facts of life in the Ferry Command; title: In their own words.