Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots_(WASP)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activePeriod	1942–1944
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:awardYear	2009
gptkbp:casualties	38 members died in service
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	December 20, 1944
gptkbp:formed	August 5, 1943
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Jacqueline_Cochran gptkb:Nancy_Harkness_Love
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Avenger_Field,_Sweetwater,_Texas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
gptkbp:mediaType	book 'Yankee Doodle Gals' by Amy Nathan documentary 'Fly Girls' film 'WASP: A Wartime Experiment in WoManpower' book 'The Women with Silver Wings' by Katherine Sharp Landdeck book 'The WASP: Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II' by Vera S. Williams
gptkbp:milestone	first American women to fly military aircraft
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Jacqueline_Cochran gptkb:Nancy_Harkness_Love gptkb:Ann_Baumgartner gptkb:Gertrude_Tompkins_Silver gptkb:Hazel_Ying_Lee gptkb:Mary_Ellis gptkb:Cornelia_Fort gptkb:Bernice_Falk_Haydu gptkb:Dorothy_Olsen gptkb:Florene_Miller_Watson gptkb:Katherine_Sui_Fun_Cheung gptkb:Margaret_Phelan_Taylor gptkb:Mildred_Darlene_Hemmons_Carter
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	over 1,000
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Women's_Auxiliary_Ferrying_Squadron_(WAFS) gptkb:Women's_Flying_Training_Detachment_(WFTD)
gptkbp:purpose	to employ women pilots in non-combat military flight duties
gptkbp:recognizedAsVeterans	1977
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces gptkb:Air_Transport_Command
gptkbp:significantEvent	first women to fly American military aircraft ferried aircraft, tested planes, trained pilots, and towed targets for live anti-aircraft gun practice
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jacqueline_Cochran gptkb:Shirley_Slade
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6