carly henley patton. to deliver planes from, factories to military bases to be a wafs (women’s...
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WOMEN AIR FORCE PILOTS
Carly Henley
Patton
THEIR PURPOSE To deliver planes from, factories to
military bases To be a WAFS (Women’s Auxiliary
Ferrying Squadron) a women must be 21 to 35 , have a minimum of 500 hours of flying time, a commercial license, and a 250 horsepower
Started off as an experimental program but to have more male pilots released for combat duty overseas.
http://www.army.mil/women/history/pilots.html
DAILY LIFE Everyday was a risk for their own lives Nearly 350,000 women volunteered,
and served in uniform as a: Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC); The Navy’s Women Reserve (WAVES); the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve; the Navy Nurse corps; and the Women’s Airforce Service Pilot (WASPS)
Took office and clerical jobs, drove trucks , repaired airplanes, worked as laboratory technicians, rigged parachutes, radio operators and many more jobs ..
TIMELINE
1942 - Creation of the WAAC
Congress approves the bill to create the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Oveta Culp Hobby is sworn in as the first director.
The first WAAC training schools open.
A Top Secret project called "Battery X" was established utilizing women to crew Antiaircraft Artillery in the Military District of Washington.
1943 - WAAC Renamed WAC
The 149th WAAC Post Headquarters Company becomes the first WAAC unit to serve overseas at Allied Forces HQ.
Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers introduces legislation to change the name of the WAAC to Women's Army Corps and drop the "auxiliary" affiliation.
WAAC is officially changed to the WAC.
WAC Special Troops are deployed overseas for duty in Italy.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) established.
1944 - 5,000 Women Serve in Pacific
More than 5,000 women serve in the Southwest Pacific region from 1944 - 1955.
Army nurses land at Normandy four days after D-Day.
ARTIFACTS These artifacts show the relevant time
period it would be like to have a license for being a flying pilot, and records they keep
DOCUMENTS These include books that were based on
true experiences by a women air force pilot, and influenced other women by propaganda
NEWSPAPER Here below are newspaper clips that are
of women who were the first in the army and all of the sexual comments and prejudice that they received
WORKS CITED http://
www.army.mil/women/history/pilots.html http://
www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls
http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/at-a-glance/women-in-ww2.html