Women Airforce Service Pilots

By showmehow2smile

  • Jackie Cochran writes to Eleanor Roosevelt

    Jackie Cochran writes to Eleanor Roosevelt regarding developing a women's flying division in the military.

  • WAFS is organized

    WAFS (Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron) was started by Nancy Harkness Love. The purpose of WAFS was to deliver planes from the factories to military bases.

  • WFTD is established

    WFTD (Women's Flying Training Detatchment) is established by Jackie Cochran.

  • WAFS and WFTD is merged

    WAFS and WFTD is merged into WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots)

  • WASP are disbanded

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