Record #:

34964

Author(s):

Maurer, Kevin

Abstract:

During World War II, there became a shortage of pilots in the United States. The Women’s Auxiliary Service Pilots (WASP) program was organized in 1942, allowing women to train to be pilots in support positions in North Carolina. Though they never saw combat, they helped in anti-aircraft training exercises that still proved dangerous, resulting in thirty-eight deaths.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 6, November 2017, p30-33, por

Subject(s):

Women air pilots; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Pilots; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Training camps