Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The male pilots, by many accounts, refused to fly the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. So, Col. Paul Tibbets Jr. trained two women. Dora ...
Female pilots played a surprisingly important role in the American war effort during World War II. The Women Air Force Service Pilots, or WASPs, flew thousands of aircraft, tested military planes, and ...
Though the Women Airforce Service Pilots played a key logistical role during World War II, their contributions were not formally recognized by the US government until 1977. 83 years ago, on August 3, ...