The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots[2] or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots[3]) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were …

Mar 22, 2025 · Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), U.S. Army Air Forces program that tasked some 1,100 civilian women with noncombat military flight duties during World War II. The …

Aline ‘Pat’ Rhonie was a pioneering pilot who learned to fly in 1930 in Reno, Nevada and on Long Island at Roosevelt Field during the ‘Golden Age of Aviation’. By. A beloved, mischievous …

Most people who think of women in the Army in World War II think of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and their work in dozens of non-combat specialties to free men for combat service. An …

Mar 9, 2010 · About 1,100 young women flew military aircraft stateside during World War II as part of a program called Women Airforce Service Pilots — WASP for short.

The new unified group called itself the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), with its pilots known as WASPs. In its first few weeks, the WFTD required women pilots to have a private …

Nov 30, 2023 · Two experienced female pilots, Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Harkness Love, separately proposed recruiting women to assist the Army Air Forces (AAF). They argued that …

Apr 23, 2019 · WASP Joann Garrett flew twin-engine B-26 planes and C-60 transport aircraft at Army Air Bases in Texas and Kansas in service to her country. Referring to themselves as …

The story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) is a chapter from World War II nearly forgotten for over 30 years. The WASP logged over 60 million miles from 1942-1944 ferrying …

The Official WASP Archive collects, organizes, and preserves the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. In addition, we actively represent the WASP and share their history to inspire …