Nadine Ramsey was an American aviator who became one of the first two women to fly mail for the US Postal Service. She was a Women Airforce Service Pilot and one of only twenty-six WASPs to pilot a Loc...
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4/22/2023
Nadine Ramsey was an American aviator who became one of the first two women to fly mail for the US Postal Service. She was a Women Airforce Service Pilot and one of only twenty-six WASPs to pilot a Loc...
4/22/2023
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Petry describes her early interest in aviation as well as her father's work as a zoologist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where Petry completed her education. Spurred on by her father's ...
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11/12/2022
11/12/2022
Petry describes her early interest in aviation as well as her father's work as a zoologist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where Petry completed her education. Spurred on by her father's ...
11/12/2022
Born April 28, 1924 to Ivan and Marguerite Terrell. Passed May 10, 2018 at Brown VA in Dayton.
Jean served in the Woman's Air Service Pilots (WASP) in WWII and along with 1160 fellow WASP, she receive...
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11/5/2022
11/5/2022
Born April 28, 1924 to Ivan and Marguerite Terrell. Passed May 10, 2018 at Brown VA in Dayton.
Jean served in the Woman's Air Service Pilots (WASP) in WWII and along with 1160 fellow WASP, she receive...
11/5/2022
Lillian Glezen Wray, affectionately known as “Jay” as well as “Nanny Duke” and “Grandma Turtle,” was born in Gilmer, Texas on Dec. 9, 1913 to Thomas Hamilton and Lillian Corn Glezen. The young cou...
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11/4/2022
11/4/2022
Lillian Glezen Wray, affectionately known as “Jay” as well as “Nanny Duke” and “Grandma Turtle,” was born in Gilmer, Texas on Dec. 9, 1913 to Thomas Hamilton and Lillian Corn Glezen. The young cou...
11/4/2022
Scotty Bradley lost her mother at an early age, so her father raised her and her two brothers by himself. From the time she could remember, she wanted to fly. Even before she was old enough to take ...
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10/27/2022
10/27/2022
Scotty Bradley lost her mother at an early age, so her father raised her and her two brothers by himself. From the time she could remember, she wanted to fly. Even before she was old enough to take ...
10/27/2022
Gertrude Marcia Wenzel was born on October 8, 1920 in New London, Connecticut. Her love affair with flying began at age 12, when her father took her to an airfield in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
While s...
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10/9/2022
10/9/2022
Gertrude Marcia Wenzel was born on October 8, 1920 in New London, Connecticut. Her love affair with flying began at age 12, when her father took her to an airfield in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
While s...
10/9/2022
WASP USAAF WWII
She was a graduate of the University of North Dakota. She entered flight training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX on 10 July 1943.
She was killed in PT-19A #42-34157 on a routine ...
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8/5/2022
8/5/2022
WASP USAAF WWII
She was a graduate of the University of North Dakota. She entered flight training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX on 10 July 1943.
She was killed in PT-19A #42-34157 on a routine ...
8/5/2022
Noggle was born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1922, and died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 16, 2005. She set a goal of becoming a pilot after seeing Amelia Earhart at an air show in Chicago. When...
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8/3/2022
8/3/2022
Noggle was born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1922, and died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on August 16, 2005. She set a goal of becoming a pilot after seeing Amelia Earhart at an air show in Chicago. When...
8/3/2022
Ruth was one of the early graduates of the WASP program, in the
’43-W-6’ class of 84 graduates on October 9, 1943. More than 25,000 women applied to the WASP
program which had pre-requisites of a priv...
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7/9/2022
7/9/2022
Ruth was one of the early graduates of the WASP program, in the
’43-W-6’ class of 84 graduates on October 9, 1943. More than 25,000 women applied to the WASP
program which had pre-requisites of a priv...
7/9/2022
Byrd Howell was born to engineer Frank Scott Howell and musician Evelyn Byrd Howell on October 18, 1912 in New Rochelle, NY. The exact origin of her acquired last name is unknown; it is known only t...
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6/10/2022
6/10/2022
Byrd Howell was born to engineer Frank Scott Howell and musician Evelyn Byrd Howell on October 18, 1912 in New Rochelle, NY. The exact origin of her acquired last name is unknown; it is known only t...
6/10/2022
Passed CAA (Civil Aeronautics Agency) course, 13 June 1941
Husband, William, in same class
After war became a teacher/professor
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5/19/2022
5/19/2022
Passed CAA (Civil Aeronautics Agency) course, 13 June 1941
Husband, William, in same class
After war became a teacher/professor
5/19/2022
Ethel Louise Jones Sheffler died on June 5, 2018 surrounded by family. The youngest of 6 children, our mom was born on January 20, 1921 to Ralph and Carrie (Auer) Jones. Growing up on her parents' farm...
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5/10/2022
Ethel Louise Jones Sheffler died on June 5, 2018 surrounded by family. The youngest of 6 children, our mom was born on January 20, 1921 to Ralph and Carrie (Auer) Jones. Growing up on her parents' farm...
5/10/2022
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5/9/2022
On May 4, 2022, Dorothy Ann Smith Lucas flew west to be with her fellow Sisters of the Skies. Just shy of her 100th birthday, she will be missed amongst the aviation community. Her tireless efforts ...
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5/6/2022
5/6/2022
On May 4, 2022, Dorothy Ann Smith Lucas flew west to be with her fellow Sisters of the Skies. Just shy of her 100th birthday, she will be missed amongst the aviation community. Her tireless efforts ...
5/6/2022
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5/2/2022
WASP Viola Thompson of North Dakota flew tow target planes at Camp Davis, North Carolina, in support of the World War II effort to train Army gunners. (photo wikicommons)
In 1942, Viola Thompson, o...
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4/28/2022
4/28/2022
WASP Viola Thompson of North Dakota flew tow target planes at Camp Davis, North Carolina, in support of the World War II effort to train Army gunners. (photo wikicommons)
In 1942, Viola Thompson, o...
4/28/2022
Planes flown: BT-14, AT-6, UC-78
Assigned bases: Douglas Army Air Base (Ariz.)
“Barnstorming pilots would land in my father’s fields and take us on exciting rides. Belted into an open cockpit, I kn...
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4/22/2022
Planes flown: BT-14, AT-6, UC-78
Assigned bases: Douglas Army Air Base (Ariz.)
“Barnstorming pilots would land in my father’s fields and take us on exciting rides. Belted into an open cockpit, I kn...
4/22/2022
Barbara Donahue Ross, 90, died at her home on Acorn Farm on Saturday, August 21, 2010. She was born March 25, 1920 in New York City the daughter of Charles Dempsey Donahue and Matilda Higgins Donahu...
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4/12/2022
4/12/2022
Barbara Donahue Ross, 90, died at her home on Acorn Farm on Saturday, August 21, 2010. She was born March 25, 1920 in New York City the daughter of Charles Dempsey Donahue and Matilda Higgins Donahu...
4/12/2022
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4/6/2022
