At the outset of World War II, the United States faced a shortage of pilots. As a result, a plan was launched to help ease the situation. This was the creation of a unit of women to fly non-combat duties - such as delivering airplanes to bases. More than 1,000 female pilots would go on to deliver over half of newly made military aircraft during the war to bases all over the nation. This is the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots - better known as the WASPs.

Sources

https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458964/womens-airforce-service-pilots-wasp/

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

https://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/wasp-women-airforce-service-pilots

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_L._Remba_Gardner,_Women%27s_Airforce_Service_Pilots,_NARA-542191.jpg

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