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Nancy Batson Crews
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Sarah Byrn Rickman
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-02 - Publisher: University of Alabama Press

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A riveting oral history/biography of a pioneering woman aviator. This is the story of an uncommon woman--high school cheerleader, campus queen, airplane pilot,
Nancy Batson Crews
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Nancy Batson Crews
Categories: Women air pilots
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher:

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Crews discusses her childhood in Alabama, her experiences as a trainee in the WAFS in Wilmington, Del. and service later in the WASP, where she remained until t
The Originals
Language: en
Pages: 422
Authors: Sarah Byrn Rickman
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:

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History of the original women air pilots the U.S. government used to ferry and test planes during World War II. The Squadron was later incorporated into the Wom
Deep South Aviation
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Don Dodd
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Since the 1920s, Birmingham, Alabama, has played a vital role in the development of aviation in the Deep South and the nation. From aircraft construction to Air
Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Pilots of World War II
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Sarah Byrn Rickman
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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"When the United States entered World War II, the Army needed pilots to transport or "ferry" its combat-bound aircraft across the United States for overseas dep