Although the media depict women’s involvement in the war mostly in a sidekick role as homemakers, nurses, and factory workers, they were a lot more than that. They were spies, farmers, nurses, and pilots. This post will be focused on the two Chinese women who participated in the WW2 and their work and sacrifice for humanity. Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was formed as a civilian women pilots’ organization in order to free up the men for the war. The members of WASP were trained to become test pilots, ferriers, and trainers as women were not allowed to participate in combat at the time. WASP delivered a total of 12,650 aircraft of 77 types. They logged a total of 60 million air miles for the Air Force but wasn’t recognized until 1977.
References
1. https://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906182545/http://waspmuseum.org/jackie-cochran-biography/
3. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/jacqueline-cochran-blazing-a-trail-for-women-in-aviation-service/
4. https://waspfinalflight.blogspot.com/2013/02/maggie-gee-44-w-7-feb-1-2013.html
5. https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/lee_hazel_ying/#.XO8hA5NKhhF
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