Nancy Harkness Love, 28, director of the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron, adjusts her helmet in the cockpit of a Fairchild PT-19, an Army plane, before taking off from an eastern United States base. The women under her command will ferry planes from factories to coastal airports, from which they will be flown to overseas battle fronts. Between 1942 and 1945.

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Size: 5021px × 3879px
Location: United States of America
Photo credit: © PD Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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