WASP trainees – Women of World War II

Jackie Cochran Speaks with WASP Trainees

WASP Director Jackie Cochran speaks with a group of WASP trainees. Photo size: 978 × 770 Photo source: U.S. Air Force

Jacqueline Cochran pins the wings on new WASP training graduate Isabel Fenton during graduation at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, on

Avenger Field WASPs and training aircraft, 1944. Photo size: 900 × 1186 Photo source: U.S. Air Force Usage: Public Domain

Swinging down along the ramp at the AAF’s Training Command’s Advanced single engine pilot school at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas,

Jacqueline Cochran, founder of Women’s Flying Training Detachment, inspects young WASP trainees outside. Photo size: 800 × 797 Photo source: U.S.

Young Flora Belle (Smith) Reece (center) and two fellow classmates after graduating from B-26 school in Harlington, Texas. Reece was

WASP (Women Air Force Service Pilot) students, kneeling in front of a T-6 Texan, study their flight plan for the

WASP trainees and their instructor pilot. WASP assignments after graduation were diverse — as flight training instructors, glider tow pilots,