| Re: Rosie, pt 3 - Rosie 35.jpg (1/1) |
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| Charles Lindbergh (spirit@stlouis.invalid) |
2016/08/27 09:35 |
On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 07:05:30 -0500, Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote:
>Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in
>news:d73urbdgjh12gm1gueokk7p3ujok3nh278@4ax.com:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:43:23 -0500, Mitchell Holman
>> <noemail@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote in
>>>news:XnsA66E756898680johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
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>>>> Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote in
>>>> news:XnsA66E461E45910noemailattnet@216.166.97.131:
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>>>>> john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote in
>>>>> news:XnsA66D7017B4C36johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote in
>>>>>> news:XnsA66D4807BCA5Enoemailattnet@216.166.97.131:
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>>>>>> Mary Josephine Farley
>>>>>> after this, she became a WASP.
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>>>>>
>>>>> Good call. My mother was a WASP. A very
>>>>> overlooked program.
>>>>>
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>>>> Not by me.. one of the ladies that I worked with was a WASP.
>>>>
>>>> also:
>>>>
>>>> from the WASP database & The Congressional Record.
>>>>
>>>> 43-8 Lois Gene Holman nee (French)
>>>>
>>>> &
>>>>
>>>> Dora Dougherty, third from left in front of B-29 "Ladybird"
>>>> with Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (left), Dorothea Johnson (2nd
>>>> from left) and B-29 crew.
>>>>
>>>> Col Tibbets trained these two ladies to fly the B-29 to show the men
>>>> that the plane was not dangerous.
>>>
>>>
>>> My mother was part of the WASP's trained
>>>to fly the B26 to show the men the men it was
>>>not as dangerous as made out. "A plane a day
>>>in Tampa Bay" and all that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I am curious, what kind of background did your Mom have that put her
>> into that position with the WASP's? Was she a civilian pilot prior to
>> enlisting?
>>
>
> She had learned to fly before the war and
>when the call went out for women pilots to
>volunteer she applied. All the applicants were
>sent to Sweetwater TX for training and then
>from there to bases all over the US.
>
> Here is a news item from her local paper
>about it.
>
>
That is a very interesting bit of history. Your Mom was a true pioneer.
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