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001 2015046031
003 DLC
005 20151126082555.0
008 151120s2016 txu b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9781574416374$q(cloth :$qalk. paper)
020 $z9781574416428$q(ebook)
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040 $aTXA/DLC$beng$erda$cTXA
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050 00 $aD790.5.R53 2016
082 00 $a940.54/4973$223
100 1 $aRickman, Sarah Byrn,$eauthor.
245 10 $aWASP of the Ferry Command :$bwomen pilots, uncommon deeds /$cSarah Byrn Rickman ; foreword by Deborah G. Douglas.
263 $a1603
264 1 $aDenton, Texas :$bUniversity of North Texas Press,$c[2016]
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWar declared, pilots needed -- September 1939-September 1942 -- The beginnings -- Coup at the water cooler -- Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron -- Building the WFTD -- October 1942-April 1943 -- Women's Flying Training Detachment -- Class 43-1, the "guinea pigs" -- Class 43-2 -- Class 43-3 -- Classes 43-4, 43-5 and 43-6 -- Three more women's ferrying squadrons formed -- January-June 1943 -- 5th Ferrying Group, Dallas -- 2nd Ferrying Group, Wilmington -- 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus -- 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach -- Welcome to the Ferry Command -- Missions altered, July-November 1943 -- Cochran and a power grab -- Nancy and Betty fly the fortress -- New mission for the Ferrying Division -- The air inspector -- The ATC holds firm in tussle for command -- Ferrying can be hazardous to your health, December 1943-July 1944 -- Ten WASP ferry pilots tell all! -- WASP fly "the game changer" December 1943-July 1944 -- Pursuit school -- Militarization -- Officer training school -- The first transfers -- 21st Ferrying Group, Palm Springs -- D-Day, the sixth of June -- A typical coast-to-coast P-51 delivery -- Winning the war, losing the battle, August-November 1944 -- The great transfer -- The fall out -- Ferrying - the highs and lows -- Denouement, November-December 1944 -- Twelve WASP ferry pilots died -- Facts of life in the Ferry Command -- In their own words.
610 20 $aWomen Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)$xHistory.
610 20 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.$bAir Transport Command.$bFerrying Division$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Female
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xTransportation$zUnited States.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces$xTransportation.
650 0 $aWomen air pilots$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAirplanes$zUnited States$xFerrying$xHistory$y20th century.