Women Airforce Service Pilots (WWII)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots_(WWII)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:WASP
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Congressional_Gold_Medal_(2009)
gptkbp:casualties 38
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:dissolved 1944
gptkbp:formed 1943
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Avenger_Field,_Sweetwater,_Texas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Women Airforce Service Pilots (WWII)
gptkbp:mission target towing
test piloting
ferrying aircraft
training male pilots
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Jacqueline_Cochran
gptkb:Nancy_Harkness_Love
gptkbp:numberOfMembers over 1,000
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Women's_Auxiliary_Ferrying_Squadron
gptkb:Women's_Flying_Training_Detachment
gptkbp:purpose to employ women pilots to fly military aircraft
gptkbp:recognizedAsVeterans 1977
gptkbp:significantEvent first women to fly American military aircraft
gptkbp:typeOfAircraftFlown gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:AT-6_Texan
gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:P-51_Mustang
gptkbp:website https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/women-airforce-service-pilots-wasp
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:WASP
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6