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USAF Museum: WASP Display


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Here are photos of the WASP display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton Ohio.

 

Before there were the WASPs, there were two organizations raised to recruit female pilots in 1942. One was the Women's Flying Training Detachment, and the other was the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron. They were blended together in 1943 to form the Women's Army Service Pilot's.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots

 

I'd actually never seen one of these uniforms or the rocker before.

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A rather weary looking pilot wearing a blue flight suit, red scarf, blue knit cap along with headset and map clipboard at the ready.

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Per Wikipedia:

 

"The female pilots of the WASP ended up numbering 1,074, each freeing a male pilot for combat service and duties. They flew over 60 million miles in every type of military aircraft.[2] The WASP was granted veteran status in 1977, and given the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009."

 

Here is a depiction of a WASP pilot preparing to fly the museum's AT-10.

 

The USAF Museum has over 300 aircraft, but dozens of small displays like this one that tell the story of the people who flew and serviced them.

 

For more information, please see the following website from the USAF Museum.

 

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/MuseumExhibits/FactSheets/Display/tabid/509/Article/196133/wasp-breaking-ground-for-todays-female-usaf-pilots.aspx

 

In addition to the USAF Museum display, here is the website for the WASP Museum, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.

 

http://waspmuseum.org/

 

And and online slideshow and traveling exhibit:

 

http://www.wingsacrossamerica.org/wasp-on-the-web.html

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Hi from France

Great displays ...

when I see this I beanie

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allows me to make a comparison with mine in red wool

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Anybody knows more about these unusual headgear ? :)

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