A WASP among Eagles : a woman military test pilot in World War II /
Carl, Ann.
A WASP among Eagles : a woman military test pilot in World War II / Ann B. Carl. - Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1999. - x, 132 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 127) and index.
The memoir of a woman test pilot in World War II. The author belonged to a corps of women pilots on the home front who for the most part delivered planes and tested repaired ones. In her case, however, she experimentally tested the B-29 Superfortress and the Bell YP-59A jet fighter. After the war she became a journalist and sailor, sailing all the way to Turkey.
1560988428 9781560988427 1560988703 9781560988700
98039772
Carl, Ann.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
Women test pilots--United States--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
A WASP among Eagles : a woman military test pilot in World War II / Ann B. Carl. - Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1999. - x, 132 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 127) and index.
The memoir of a woman test pilot in World War II. The author belonged to a corps of women pilots on the home front who for the most part delivered planes and tested repaired ones. In her case, however, she experimentally tested the B-29 Superfortress and the Bell YP-59A jet fighter. After the war she became a journalist and sailor, sailing all the way to Turkey.
1560988428 9781560988427 1560988703 9781560988700
98039772
Carl, Ann.
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
Women test pilots--United States--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.