Marion Stegeman Hodgson

**Marion Stegeman Hodgson** (1921-2016) tana ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka samu horo a matsayin matukan jirgi sama na soja a Amurka. Tarihin rayuwarta ta na shekarar 1996 *Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II* ya sami yabo saboda fahimtarta ta musamman game da shirin Matuka Jirgin Sama Mata na Sojojin Sama a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Aikinta na rubuta mujallu da jaridu bayan yaƙi ya taimaka wajen jawo hankali kan gaskiyar cewa ba a taɓa ɗaukar Mata Sojojon Sama Matuka Jirgi a matsayin tsoffin sojoji na yaƙin ba. An shigar da Hodgson cikin dakunan tunawa da matuka jiragen sama shahararru a Texas da Georgia.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Marion Foster Stegeman Hodgson a Athens, Georgia, a shekarar 1921 ga Dorothea da Herman Stegeman. Mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai bada horo na ƙwallon ƙafa a Jami'ar Georgia a lokacin haihuwarta. Ta halarci wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na farko a filin wasa na Sanford.  A farkon rayuwarta Hodgson ta sha wahala daga tsoron hawa jirgin sama , wanda ya ba ta karfin gwiwar yanke shawararta na neman lasisin tuƙin jirgin sama. A cikin tarihin rayuwarta *ta Winning My Wings,* ta yi bayani dalla-dalla game da hawa jirgin samanta na farko kamar haka:Lokacin matukin jirgin saman ya kunna injin jirgin, wani irin kara ne mai ban tsoro wanda ya sa na tafa hannaye na a kunnuwa na kuma na duke. Mahaifi na  – jarumi na, mai natsar da ni  –  ya dauke ni a cinyarsa kuma ya rungume ni don na samu natsuwa, amma na farko a rayuwa ta, ban samu sauki ba. Bayan mun dan yi tafiya don yunkurin tashi sama, ihu na ya karu sosai wanda ya tilastawa direban jirgin ya sauka ya kuma sauke ni. Hodgson ta bayyana tsoronta ga hawa jirgin sama a matsayin "kusa da mutuwa".

### Kafin aikin soja
A lokacin bazara na 1941, shekarar ƙarshe ta Hodgson a Jami'ar Georgia, an zaɓe ta don Shirin Horar da Matuƙan Jirgin Sama na Farar-hula.  Hodgson ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin aikin jarida daga Jami'ar Georgia a 1941.  Ta yi horo a Piper J3F Cub, inda ta sami lasisin aiki a watan Yunin 1941.  Daga baya a wannan bazarar, Hodgson ta koyar da kanta gajeriyar hanya da yadda ake rubutu don ta nemi aiki. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai karɓar baƙi a sashen wasanni na Georgia Tech.  Daga baya ta yi aiki a matsayin mai rubuta rubutu a Bankin Tarayya na Atlanta, inda take aiki a kan lokaci a ranar da aka kai hari a Pearl Harbor.  A 1942 ta koma Chicago inda ta yi aiki a Bankin Tarayya na Chicago.

### Aikin soja
A ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 1943, Jacqueline Cochran ta zaɓi Marion don shiga horon Rundunar Sojan Sama  kuma ta zama mai sa kai a shirin Mata Masu Aikin Sojan Sama (WASP) inda ta yi horo a filin Avenger da ke Sweetwater, Texas, na tsawon watanni shida.  A wani lokaci a lokacin shirin horon, ta zama kwamandan rundunonin sojoji na aji ɗaya. Bayan kammala karatunta, an mayar da ita zuwa Ƙungiyar Ferrying ta 5, wacce ke aiki a Love Field, inda ta tuka jiragen sama marasa injina da yawa don jigilar masu horarwa da jirage daga masana'antu zuwa sansanonin jiragen sama a faɗin ƙasar. Ta taɓa shiga cikin jirgin Douglas DC-3, tare da sauran matukan jirgin ruwa, wanda ya rasa injunan biyu jim kaɗan bayan tashi amma ya sami damar sauka lafiya a Filin Jirgin Sama na LaGuardia da ke birnin New York.

### Rayuwa daga baya da gado
Nan da nan bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ta auri Ned Hodgson kuma suka yi ƙaura zuwa Fort Worth, Texas.  A matsayinta na uwa mai zaman gida, ta rubuta labarai ga mujallu da jaridu, ciki har da *Fort Worth Star-Telegram*, wanda ya fi mai da hankali kan shirin WASP. An yaba wa aikinta na rubuta game da matukan jirgin sama mata da suka jawo hankali ga gaskiyar cewa ba a ɗauke WASPs a matsayin tsoffin sojoji na yaƙi ba. Daga ƙarshe an ba WASPs matsayin soja a 1977, kuma an ba su lambar zinare ta Majalisa a 2009.  An shigar da ita cikin Zauren Shahararrun Jiragen Sama na Texas a Gidan Tarihi na Lone Star Flight a 2004 da kuma Zauren Shahararrun Jiragen Sama a 2006. Hodgson kuma ya daɗe yana memba na Wichita Falls Chapter Ninety-Nines. Ta mutu a ranar 24 ga Maris, 2016, a Wichita Falls, Texas.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A shekarar 1944 ta auri Laftanar Kanar Edward "Ned" Hodgson, matukin jirgin ruwa kuma abokin dangin Stegemans wanda ya kone sosai a hatsarin jirgin sama a shekarar 1943. Ta aika masa da wasiƙu yayin da yake asibiti, ba zato ba tsammani ya rayu, don ƙarfafa masa gwiwa. Sun aika masa da wasiƙu a duk lokacin da yake hidimar Ferrying Squadron, waɗanda da yawa daga cikinsu an haɗa su a cikin Winning My Wings, daga ƙarshe suka fara soyayya. Sun haifi 'ya'ya uku.

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