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Admirable Women
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American aviator, test pilot & #WWII commander Nancy Harkness Love fundamentally reshaped the role of women in military #aviation. She founded the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) in 1942, which later merged to become the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She died #OTD in 1976.

george-1788pow
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WASPs were not extended US-military veteran status until 1977, after Nancy had died in 1976. Some 1,074 women completed WASP training, before it was dissolved in 1944. They flew over 60 million miles & were an intrinsic auxiliary to combat zones, with 38 deaths & 1 MIA never found...

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