Portrait of four Women Airforce Service Pilots

Portrait of Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn, Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, pictured here as they leave their airplane, nicknamed “Pistol Packin Mama,” during training.

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“Portrait of four Women Airforce Service Pilots” sources: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force / Unknown, “WASP Pilots in front of USAAF B-17 “Pistol Packin Mama.”,” The United States in World War II: Historical Debates about America at War, accessed December 6, 2020, http://oberlinlibstaff.com/omeka_hist244/items/show/95.

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