evacuation flight – Women of World War II

Flight Nurse Boarding Medical Evacuation Flight

U.S. Navy flight nurse Ensign Kay Van Wagner, NC, USNR, boarding a medical evacuation flight during the Okinawa Campaign, 1945.

In July 1943, 2nd Lt. Ruth M. Gardiner died in an aircraft crash en route to evacuating patients in Alaska.

1st Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins was an army flight nurse during WWII who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for keeping

One of the most celebrated flight nurses of World War II, 1st Lt. Aleda E. Lutz flew 196 missions and

2nd Lt Suella Bernard smiles and shakes hands with Lt Foster, head nurse, while 2nd Lt Mary Jane Brown of