| More than 1,800 women with at least thirty-five hours of flying experience reported for training in Sweetwater and learned to fly the Army way. They loved being able to fly military aircraft such as this B-17 Flying Fortress. [USAF neg. no. 160449AC] |
The 38
| Name | Status | Class | Date | Plane | Place |
| Champlin, Jane | T | 43-4 | 3Jun43 | BT-15 | Westbrook, TX |
| Clarke, Susan | A | 44-2 | 4Jul44 | BT-15 | Columbia, SC |
| Davis, Margie | T | 44-9 | 16Oct44 | AT-6 | Walnut, MS |
| Dussaq, Katherine | A | 44-1 | 26Nov44 | AT-6 | New Carlisle, OH |
| Edwards, Marjorie | T | 44 | 13Jun44 | AT-8 | Nr Childress, TX |
| Erickson, Elizabeth | T | 44-6 | 16Apr44 | PT-17 | Nr. Sweetwater, TX |
| Fort, Cornelia | A | WAFS | 21Mar43 | BT-13 | Merkel, TX |
| Grimes, Frances | A | 43-3 | 27Mar44 | A-24 | Otis Field, MA |
| Hartson, Mary | A | 43-5 | 14Aug44 | BT-13 | Nr Perrin, TX |
| Howson, Mary | T | 44-4 | 16Apr44 | AT-8 | Nr Sweetwater, TX |
| Keene, Edith | A | 44-1 | 25Apr44 | BT-13 | Nr Mission, TX |
| Lawrence, Kathryn | T | 43-8 | 3Aug43 | PT-19 | Nr Sweetwater, TX |
| Lee, Hazel Ying | A | 43-4 | 23Nov44 | P-63 | Great Falls, MT |
| Loop, Paula | A | 43-2 | 7Jul44 | BT-15 | Medford, OR |
| Lovejoy, Alice | A | 43-5 | 13Sept44 | AT-6 | Brownsville, TX |
| McDonald, Lea | A | 44-3 | 21Jun44 | A-24 | Biggs, AFB, TX |
| Martin, Peggy | A | 44-4 | 3Oct44 | BT-13 | Marana, AZ |
| Moffett, Virgina | A | 43-2 | 5Oct43 | BT-13 | Ontario, CA |
| Moses, Beverly | A | 44-5 | 18Jul44 | At-11 | Nr Las Vegas, NV |
| Nichols, Dorothy | A | 44 | 11Jun44 | P-39 | Bismark, ND |
| Norbeck, Jeanne | A | 44-3 | 16Oct44 | BT-13 | Shaw Field, SC |
| Oldenberg, Margaret | T | 43-4 | 7Mar43 | PT-19 | Nr Houston, TX |
| Rawlinson, Mabel | A | 43-3 | 23Aug43 | A-24 | Camp Davis, NC |
| Roberts, Glenna | T | 44-9 | 20Jun44 | PT-17 | Lorraine, TX |
| Robinson, Marie | A | 44-2 | 2Oct44 | B-25 | Victorville, CA |
| Scott, Bettie Mae | A | 44-3 | 8Jul44 | BT-13 | Waco, TX |
| Scott, Dorothy | A | WAFS | 3Dec43 | BC-1 | Palm Springs, CA |
| Sojo, Margaret | T | 43-5 | 30Aug43 | UC-78 | Nr Big Spring, TX |
| Severson, Helen | T | 43-5 | 30Aug43 | UC-78 | Nr Big Spring, TX |
| Sharon, Ethel | A | 43-4 | 10Apr44 | B-25 | Tecumseh, NB |
| Sharp, Evelyn | A | WAFS | 3Apr44 | P-38 | New Cumberland, PA |
| Thompkins, Gertrude | A | 43-7 | 26Oct44 | P-51 | Between Long Bch and Palm Sprgs, CA |
| Stine, Betty | T | 44-2 | 25Feb44 | AT-5 | Nr Quartzito, AZ |
| Toevs, Merlon | A | 43-8 | 18Feb44 | BT-13 | San Jose, CA |
| Trebing, Mary | A | 44-8 | 5Oct43 | PT-17 | Nr Norman, OK |
| Webster, Mary | A | 44-8 | 9Dec44 | BT-15 | Claremore, CA |
| Welz, Bonnie | 4A | 43-6 | 29Jun44 | BT-13 | Randado, TX |
| Wood, Betty | A | 43-4 | 9Sept43 | A-24 | Camp Davis, SC |
In 1977, thirty-three
years after they were disbanded, the WASPS, the Women Airforce Service
Pilots of World War II, finally achieved full military recognition, when
President Jimmy Carter signed a law making them officially "veterans."
Many, many thanks to Larry Lee, a member of our mailing list, who, upon learning I had planned a set of pages dedicated to the "fly girls", scanned and sent me 5 disks full of these wonderful photos and captions you see presented here. - Sallyann