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Author Rickman, Sarah Byrn.

Title Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II / by Sarah Byrn Rickman.

Publication Info. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 332 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 4
North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 4.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and index.
Contents Learning to fly -- Learning to live -- Stretching her wings -- Tricycle gear test pilot -- War in Europe! -- Wanted : ferry pilots -- Two women pilot groups -- The originals gather -- Growing pains -- Killed in service of her country -- Transport and transition -- A B-17 bound for england -- Change in the air -- Pursuit school -- The quest for militarization -- In pursuit, coast to coast -- Militarization denied -- Denouement of the WASP -- Flying the hump -- Peace, prosperity, and parenthood -- Life on the Vineyard -- Empty nest -- Fighting spirit.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Summary She flew the swift P-51 and the capricious P-38, but the heavy, four-engine B-17 bomber and C-54 transport were her forte. This is the story of Nancy Harkness Love who, early in World War II, recruited and led the first group of twenty-eight women to fly military aircraft for the US Army.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Love, Nancy Harkness, 1914-1976.
Love, Nancy Harkness, 1914-1976.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Biography.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command. Ferrying Division -- Biography.
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command. Ferrying Division.
United States. Army Air Forces -- Transportation.
United States. Army Air Forces.
Transportation.
Love, Nancy Harkness, 1914-1976.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) -- Biography -- Transportation.
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command. Ferrying Division -- Biography -- Transportation.
United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography -- Transportation.
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation -- United States.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Air pilots.
United States.
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Women air pilots.
Chronological Term 1939 - 1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Rickman, Sarah Byrn. Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007039381
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