Born: 16 April 1923, United States
Died: 12 March 2017
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Nancy Anne Boyns Nordhoff
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Nancy Nordhoff Dunnam (b. 1923) was from Seattle. Her father had been an aviator in World War I and introduced her to flight. Her first plane ride was with him. Nancy Nordhoff, a graduate of Seattle’s Garfield High School, was attending the University of Washington when accepted into the Women Airforce Service Pilot program. Another Garfield and University of Washington graduate, Carol Nicholson Lewis (b. 1924), entered training in February 1944 with Nordhoff. Also in this class were Margaret Eleanor Neyman Martin (b. 1921), of Sequim and Seattle College, and Jean Isabella Landa (1917-1980) of Opportunity, Washington, a University of Washington graduate. The University of Washington had about eight women who became World War II pilots.