WASP of the Ferry Command: women pilots, uncommon deeds
Sarah Byrn Rickman; foreword by Deborah G. Douglas
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2016]
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- Table of Contents:
- War declared, pilots needed
- The beginnings
- A coup at the water cooler
- Recruiting the WAFS
- Building the WFTD
- Women's Flying Training Detachment
- Class 43-1, the "guinea pigs"
- Class 43-2
- Class 43-3
- Classes 43-4, 43-5 and 43-6
- Three more women's ferrying squadrons formed
- 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, Texas
- 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, Delaware
- 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus, Michigan
- 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach California
- Welcome to the Ferry Command
- Missions altered
- Cochran power play
- Nancy and Betty fly the fortress
- New mission for the Ferrying Division
- The air inspector
- ATC holds firm in tussle for command
- Ferrying can be hazardous to your health
- Ten WASP ferry pilots tell all!
- WASP fly "the game changer"
- Pursuit school
- Militarization
- Officer training school
- The first transfers
- 21st Ferrying Group, Palm Springs
- D-Day, the sixth of June
- A typical coast-to-coast P-51 delivery
- Winning the war, losing the battle
- The great transfer
- The fall out
- Ferrying, the highs and lows
- Denouement
- Twelve WASP ferry pilots died
- Facts of life in the Ferry Command
- Thoughts: women of the Ferry Command, in their own words.
- Author/Creator:
- Rickman, Sarah Byrn , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 440 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Call Numbers:
- D790.5 .R53 2016
- ISBNs:
- 9781574416374 (cloth, alk. paper)
1574416375
9781574416428 (ebook) [Invalid] - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2015046031
- OCLC Numbers:
- 930508805