Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): America's First Women Military Pilots

Course | Registration opens 12/9/2024 8:00 AM EST

Penn State York, 1031 Edgecomb Avenue York, PA 17403-3398 United States
Main Classroom Bldg, Conference Center, 31 B and C
Members and nonmembers
1/7/2025-1/14/2025
11:00 AM-12:30 PM EST on Tue
$16.00

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): America's First Women Military Pilots

Course | Registration opens 12/9/2024 8:00 AM EST

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) flew every type of mission any Air Force male pilot flew during WWII, except combat. They trained pilots, flew newly manufactured planes from factories to bases, flew damaged planes to repair facilities, conducted test flights, and shamed male pilots into flying the B29 when they felt it wasn't safe. Thirty-eight would die in accidents, one by sabotage. With records sealed until the 1970s, the contributions of these brave women were all but forgotten. They worked for more than thirty years to get the recognition they deserved.