Ann Baumgartner

**Ann G. Baumgartner Carl** (27 ga Agusta, 1918 - 20 ga Maris, 2008) wata 'yar Amurka ce wadda ta zama mace ta farko 'yar Amurka da ta tashi da jirgin sama na rundunar sojin sama ta Amurka lokacin da ta tashi da jirgin sama na Bell YP-59A a Wright Field a matsayin matukin jirgi na gwaji a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu .  An tura ta zuwa Wright Field a matsayin mataimakiyar jami'ar aiki a sashin gwajin jiragen sama a matsayin memba na shirin Mata Masu Jiragen Sama na Rundunar Sojan Sama . 

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Ann G. Baumgartner a Asibitin Sojojin Amurka da ke Augusta, Georgia, a ranar 27 ga Agusta, 1918. Mahaifinta yana aiki a Faransa, don haka mahaifiyarta ta ƙaura da iyalin zuwa New Jersey don zama tare da kakanninta. Bayan mahaifinta ya koma Amurka, iyalanta sun ƙaura zuwa Plainfield, New Jersey, [1] inda ta halarci Makarantar 'Yan Mata ta Miss Hartridge (wanda yanzu ake kira Makarantar Wardlaw-Hartridge ). [2] Mahaifinta injiniya ne kuma lauya mai lasisi. [ ana buƙatar ambato ]

Wahayin da ta samu na tashi sama ya samo asali ne daga ziyarar da Amelia Earhart ta kai makarantar firamare. Ta je filin jirgin saman Newark tare da mahaifinta don kallon yadda jiragen da ke shigowa da daddare ke shigowa. 

Baumgartner ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Walnut Hill da ke Natick, Massachusetts, sannan ta halarci Kwalejin Smith da ke Northampton, Massachusetts, inda ta kammala karatunta a shekarar 1940 a matsayin babbar jami'ar pre-medical . 

A lokacin da yake aiki a sashen hulda da jama'a na kamfanin jiragen sama na Eastern Airlines, Baumgartner ya koyi tukin jirgi a filin jirgin saman Somerset Hills da ke Basking Ridge, New Jersey .   

## Shirin Mata Masu Jiragen Sama na Sabis na Sojan Sama

Da farko, Baumgartner ta yi rahoto zuwa Houston, Texas a watan Janairun 1943 cewa tana cikin Ajin Mata Masu Jiragen Sama na 43-W-3, amma ta kamu da cutar kyanda kuma ta kammala karatunta a ranar 3 ga Yuli, 1943, tare da aji na biyar na WASP (43-W-5). Bayan kammala horon, an tura Baumgartner zuwa Camp Davis da ke North Carolina a matsayin matukin jirgi mai jan hankali. Camp Davis sansanin horar da manyan bindigogi ne, kuma WASPs sun tashi a matsayin wuraren da ake sa ido a gani da radar. Baumgartner ya tashi da Douglas A-24, Curtiss A-25, Lockheed B-34, Cessna UC-78 da Stinson L-5 yayin da yake Camp Davis.  

A watan Fabrairun 1944, Baumgartner ta koma Wright Field kusa da Dayton, Ohio don aikin wucin gadi don gwada kayan aikin likitanci na iska da aka tsara don shirin WASP. Yayin da take Ohio, Baumgartner ta nemi aiki a Sashen Gwajin Jiragen Sama a Wright Field a matsayin mataimakiyar jami'ar ayyuka. A watan Maris na 1944 an mayar da ita zuwa Wright Field a matsayin mataimakiyar jami'ar ayyuka a sashin gwajin jiragen sama. 

## Daga baya rayuwa da mutuwa
A cikin shekarun ƙarshe na rayuwarta, Baumgartner (a lokacin Carl) ta zauna a Kilmarnock, Virginia, tare da mijinta. Ta ci gaba da rubutu, kuma ta rubuta *A WASP among Eagles: wata mace mai gwajin soja a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu* wadda ta tattauna gogewarta a matsayin matukin gwaji a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Ta kuma rubuta "Ƙaramar Duniyar Masu Jiragen Ruwa Masu Nisa".  

Carl ta rasu a wani gidan kula da tsofaffi da ke Kilmarnock a ranar 20 ga Maris, 2008. Mijinta ya riga ta rasu a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 2008. 

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