WASP WWII Museum – Honoring the life and legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots

THIS DAY

IN HISTORY:

June 21

WASP Betty J. Bechtold Brichford 44-1 is born in 1921

WASP Mary L. Heckman 44-2 is born in 19181

WASP Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols 44-5 is born in 1921

WASP Ann Griffin Gleszer 44-9 is born in 1916

WASP in the Spotlight

Dorothy Fulton Slinn was born October 14, 1918, in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey to Harry LeRoy and Johanna Crystal Jensen Fulton. As a young child Amelia Earhart was Dorothy’s heroine and flying became her passion which caused her parents some concern. They did not stand in her way.

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Avenger News

REPUBLIC AVIATION AND 10 GRAND – Farmingdale, NY

In the latter half of 1944 a squadron of WASP from the Air Transport Command were making one of the Women Airforce Service Pilots’ most outstanding contributions to the domestic

June 21, 2022

Homecoming 2022 Highlights

Thank you for joining us for the WASP Homecoming 80th Anniversary! Enjoy reading the highlights from this incredible weekend. See you in 2023! Click here to read the WASP Homecoming

May 13, 2022

42 Days Away From Homecoming!

The National WASP WWII Museum is celebrating 80 years of the WASP program on April 29 – 30 at Avenger Field, the training grounds for most of the WASP. To best

March 18, 2022

Celebrating Black History Month

Click here to read the Black History Month articles. Sources: Click here to learn more about 10 African-American Pioneers of Aviation and Aerospace Click here to read more or get

February 22, 2022