Flying for Her Country The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II

Name: Flying for Her Country The American and Soviet Women Military Pilots of World War II
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ISBN: 9781597972666

ISBN-10: 1597972665

ISBN-13: 9781597972666

Edition: 2008

Authors: Amy Strebe

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During the Second World War, women pilots were given the opportunity to fly military aircraft for the first time in history. In the United States, famed aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran formed the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program, where over one thousand women flyers ferried aircraft from factories to airbases throughout the United States and Canada from 1942 to 1944. The WASP operated from 110 facilities and flew more than sixty million miles in seventy-eight different types of aircraft, from the smallest trainers to the fastest fighters and the largest bombers. The WASP performed every duty inside the cockpit as their male counterparts, except combat, and thirty-eight women pilots…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 146
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.00" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



America's First Women Military Pilots



Marina Raskova and Her Soviet Aviation Regiments



Patriotism and a Love of Flying



Gender Issues



The Ties That Bind



The WASP Are Disbanded



Demobilization of the Soviet Airwomen


Conclusion


Notes


Bibiliography


Index


About the Author