WASPs

http://b-29.org/fly-girls/fly-girls4.html

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Training● They needed 500 hours of flight time● Most people had over 1000 hours● six months long● ground and flight school

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1532

Their role● Never formally militarized● Flight instructors● Ferryed planes● flew radio controlled planes

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wasp-Helicopter-Radio-Controlled-Vehicle/17477217

What is it?● It stands for Women Airforce Service

Pilots● It was created because there was a

shortage of pilots in 1942● about 1100 women

http://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilhe-original-fly-girlsots-t

Questions● How many hours of flight time did they

need?● what was one of their jobs?● How many of them were there?

Bibliography● http://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots● http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp-history.asp● http://twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p214coll2