VICTORIA, TEXAS, USA - circa 1942 - Swinging down along the ramp at the Army Air Force Training Command Advanced Single-engine Pilot School at Fo

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VICTORIA, TEXAS, USA - circa 1942 - Swinging down along the ramp at the Army Air Force Training Command Advanced Single-engine Pilot School at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas, USA, are eight female pilots, members of the AF WASP. Left to right: Pauline S. Cutler of Cleveland, Ohio; Dorothy Ehrhardt, Bridgewater, Mass.; Jennie M. Hill of Harvey, Ill.; Etta Mae Hollinger, Paola, Kans.; Lucille R. Cary, Joliet, Ill.; Jane B. Shirley, Brownfield Tex.; Dorothy H. Beard, Sacramento, Calif.; and Kathryn L. Boyd, Weatherford, Texas. Women were forbidden from combat roles in World War II, though in both the USAAF and British RAF delivered aircraft to their male counterparts throughout the war - Photo: Geopix/USAF

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Size: 5773px × 4416px
Location: Victoria, Texas, USA
Photo credit: © Geopix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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