Jayne Elizabeth Erickson
WASP Jayne Elizabeth Erickson (1921-1944) died in a collision over the Avenger Field training base in Texas while on an April 16, 1944, solo flight.
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Jeanne Lewellen Norbeck
WASP Jeanne Lewellen Norbeck (1912-1944) lost her life while testing a repaired BT-13 basic trainer in South Carolina on October 16, 1944.
Marjory Foster Munn
Marjory Foster obtained her license before joining the Women Airforce Service Pilots program in 1944. She was a test pilot in Alabama and flew repaired aircraft to Great Falls, Montana.
Mary Louise Webster
Webster earned her Women Airforce Service Pilot wings on October 16, 1944 and died while serving less than two months later.
Betty Strohfus
Elizabeth (Betty) Wall Strohfus fell in love with flying airplanes in the 1940s and became a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II. She fought for WASP veteran recognition in the 1970s, and from the 1990s until her death, she traveled across the country to tell her story and inspire others.
Florence Klingensmith
The first licensed female pilot in North Dakota and a pioneer of aviation
Kate J Boeckh
National Women’s Party suffragist, aviator, inventor
Bessie Hall Dempsey
Boeing Airplane Company’s first female engineer.
Emily Howell Warner
After flying as a first officer on Convair 580s and de Havilland Twin Otters, in 1976, she became the first female captain on a scheduled U.S. airline. She later became captain of a Boeing 737 for United Parcel Service. In 1974, she became the first woman member of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).
Bonnie Tiburzi
At the age of 24, American Airlines hired her as a pilot in March 1973. She was the first woman hired by a major airline as a member of the cockpit crew. At American Airlines, she flew as flight engineer, first officer, and captain on the Boeing 727.