Teresa James

**Teresa D. "Jamesy" James**   (Janairu 27, 1914 - Yuli 26, 2008) ta kasance matukin jirgin sama na Amurka. James ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin matukan jirgin sama na farko na Matan Jiragen Sama (WASP), ta fara aiki a matsayin wani ɓangare na Matan Jirgin Ruwa na Mata (WAFS) a 1942. An kuma san James a matsayin matukin jirgin sama mai ban mamaki kuma daga baya ta zama Manjo a Rundunar Sojojin Sama . James ta yi aiki mafi yawan rayuwarta kuma ta yi fafutuka don samun amincewar soja ga WASP.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi James a ranar 27 ga Janairu, 1914, a Pittsburgh .  Da farko tana jin tsoron tashi, ta ci gaba da samun lasisin matukin jirginta domin ta jawo hankalin wani matukin jirgi mai suna Bill, wanda take matukar sha'awarsa.  James ya ga hatsarin jirgin sama shekara guda kafin ta fara tashi, kuma jim kaɗan bayan haka, ɗan'uwanta shi ma ya kusa mutuwa a hatsarin jirgin sama.  Bill ya gayyace ta ta tashi, ta tafi tare da shi, daga baya kuma ta koyi tashi don burge shi.  Jirginta na farko ya faru ne daga Filin Jirgin Sama na Wilkinsburg a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1933.  James ya koyi tashi tare da wani abokinsa, Harry Fogle, a cikin motar OX-5 mai amfani da Travel Air 2000 kuma ya fara aiki a matsayin matukin jirgin sama mai ban sha'awa tare da Fogle da abokansa.  A farkon wasanta na ban sha'awa, ta sami dala $50 kuma ta yi juyi na sama na juyawa 12 1/2 yayin da take tafiya.  An yi mata lakabi da "Matukin Jirgin Yarinya Mai Tafiya" da "Mai Tafiya a Kan Ice."  Matsayinta na musamman na yin wasan tsere shine juyawa sau 26.  James ya fara yin wasan tsere a kan kankara bayan matukan jirgin da ta yi aiki da su "sun yi mata ƙarfin gwiwa" ta yi wasan tsere a kan kankara.  James ya zama mai tsere a kan kankara.  A shekarar 1939, ta fafata a gasar cin kofin Pennsylvania Skating Association. 

James ya ci gaba da samun lasisin kasuwanci a shekarar 1941 kuma ya zama mai koyar da jirgin sama.   James ita ce mace ta farko da ta koyar da jirgin sama da ta kammala karatunta daga Cibiyar Nazarin Jiragen Sama ta Buffalo .  Ta auri ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibanta, George "Dink" Martin a shekarar 1942.  Watanni uku bayan ta yi aure, an gayyace ta ta shiga ƙungiyar mata masu kula da jiragen ruwa (WAFS).  James ya sami wayar tarho a ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1942, yana neman ta kai rahoto ga sansanin sojojin sama na New Castle .  An kuma kira mijin James zuwa yaƙin kuma aka tura shi ƙasashen waje don yin aiki a matsayin matukin jirgin sama .  Daga ƙarshe za a saka shi a cikin jerin waɗanda suka ɓace a fagen daga kuma Sojoji suka ayyana shi ya mutu .  James bai sami cikakken labarin mutuwar Martin ba sai a shekarar 1984, lokacin da ta haɗu da tagwayen 'ya'yan mutumin da ya fitar da gawarsa daga cikin tarkacen jirgin.  An kashe Martin a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1944, a lokacin wani aiki da ya tashi kusa da birnin Paris . 

James ta ci jarrabawarta ta tashi da ta jiki a WAFS kuma an rantsar da ita a ranar 6 ga Oktoba, 1942. [1] James tana ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko a WAFS kuma an ba ta aikin farko na nesa mai nisa. [2] Manufar ita ce ta jigilar PT-19 daga Maryland zuwa California . [2] James ya zauna tare da WAFS yayin da aka haɗa su don kafa Matan Jiragen Sama na Sojan Sama (WASP) kuma har sai da aka wargaza ƙungiyar a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1944. [1]

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