Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!
Today, we’re stepping back into the 1940s, to a moment in World War II when the United States desperately needed pilots. Not just any pilots, but more pilots. Faster and in larger numbers than ever before.
What came next was an unexpected revolution in military aviation.
This is the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots known simply as the WASP, the first women in U.S. history to fly military aircraft.
This is the remarkable story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Stay curious, keep your wings level and may your breakfast be hot and your coffee strong.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots#Notable_WASP_aviators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Ying_Lee
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49467378/hazel_ying-yim_qun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Harkness_Love
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101163009/hannah_lincoln-love
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7691192/jacqueline-cochran
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/aviation-pioneer-jacqueline-cochran
https://cafriseabove.org/wasp-killed-in-service/
https://www.wwii-women-pilots.org/the-38.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81530123/robert_harvey-cochran
All the things:
Music: "Electronic Rock (King Around Here)" by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king
Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured
Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa
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