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Hace 4 días · Nancy Harkness Love was to be the director of the group and she sent out 83 telegrams to prospective women pilots that same day. The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) went into operation publicly on September 10, 1942. Soon, the Air Transport Command began using women to ferry planes from factory to airfields.
- December 20, 1944
- August 5, 1943
- about 2,500 accepted for training, 1,072 completed training
- United States Army Air Forces
10 de may. de 2024 · Miembro de esa organización, la piloto Jacqueline Cochran se unió a su colega Nancy Harkness Love para proponer a la primera dama de aquel país, Eleanor Roosevelt, la formación de una unidad exclusivamente femenina para ocuparse de esas labores.
10 de may. de 2024 · Nancy Harkness Love. Nancy Harkness Love, an American pilot, played a key role in the formation of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. The WASP were a group of...
2 de may. de 2024 · Nancy Harkness Love drew plans and recruited 29 experienced female pilots to join the newly created Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and became its commander. Later, Love was named...
Nancy Harkness Love (February 14, 1914 – October 22, 1976) c. 1943 upvotes ...
Hace 5 días · Nancy Harkness Love – 1914 to 1976. Born in February 1914, Nancy played an instrumental role in the acceptance of women, both as career and military pilots. At the age of 16 years, with only 15 hours of solo time, Nancy flew a plane from Boston to Poughkeepsie, New York, where the weather changed.
4 de may. de 2024 · Nancy Harkness Love was one of the first women to lead a military unit of female pilots and an early commercial airline pilot. Love was part of the WASP Program and In June 1940 Love joined other patriotic pilots in ferrying American planes to Canada that would then be shipped to France for use against the approaching German Army.
