Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 1980 Roster Page: A

                                
service Pi lots (WAS ). Compr ec; or ferae p; lots w ere Cv
Service employees rather than military members of the AAF, the Wi
performed outstandingly. While undergoing training, they rec
same type of flight instruction given to male aviation cad,
the exception of aerial gunnery and formation flying.
Originally, WASPs were used to ferry only training airplane    _
however, they ferried tactical airplanes and flew various types of non-
combat missions such as towing aerial gunnery targets, flying as pract!
targets for searchlight crews, and making administrative hops.
By the conclusion of the WASP program in December 1944, 25,000 women
had applied for training, 1,830 had been accepted and 1,074 had beer
graduated and assigned to flight duty. For over two years WASPS fac
the same flying hazards as men (37 WASPS gave their lives in aircra'
accidents) in many instances, had done a better job than their male
counterparts, even though they did not receive the benefits of mil,
status.
WASP PLACQUE, Air Force Museir
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died as passengers on airs.
WASP before deactivation.)
PLAQUES IN WISHING WELL AT SWEETWAT[
March 11, 1944
To the Best Women Pilots in the Wo
Graduation Day, May 28, 1943
With Best Wishes for Happy Landinc