The National Museum of the US Air Force is about 35 miles away from my home. I drive by it at least a couple of times a year. Almost the instant I retired I told myself I’d get up there soon on a weekday and avoid those weekend crowds. So, over two years after telling myself that and well over two decades after my last visit, I made it to the museum on an unseasonably warm February Friday. I’ve posted an Oddment page here. Comments may be made to this blog entry.
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About the gals that ferried combat aircraft during WWII – they flew, eventually, just about everything that had wings on it, up to and including the B-29’s and flew them just about everywhere in the world.
Take a few minutes and google Womens Air Service Pilots and see what these girls did. One good link is here –
http://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls
In the end, when the war was winding down and male pilots coming back to the U S in droves, the girls were quite literally told to go home – don’t need you any more.
It took quite a few years before they were officially recognized.
That’s a good article. The guide mentioned that fellow WASPs had to chip in to transport bodies home and the article gives a specific example of that.
I LOVE the AF museum. Took my sons there a couple years ago (via US 40, natch). We’ll go again one day.
The last time I absolutely positively remember going was with my sons over thirty years ago. I’m pretty sure I’ve been there at least once since then but I can’t recall a single detail. Now that it’s back on my radar, I can see myself making short impromptu stops now and then.
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