| Re: Rosie, pt 3 - Rosie 35.jpg (1/1) |
TDSOTF |
| Mitchell Holman (noemail@comcast.net) |
2016/08/27 11:53 |
Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in
news:ioc3sb96ku3sl7mm6bj72n8hcjbhqq4us3@4ax.com:
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 07:05:30 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> <noemail@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid> wrote in
>>news:d73urbdgjh12gm1gueokk7p3ujok3nh278@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:43:23 -0500, Mitchell Holman
>>> <noemail@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote in
>>>>news:XnsA66E756898680johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
>>>>
>>>>> Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote in
>>>>> news:XnsA66E461E45910noemailattnet@216.166.97.131:
>>>>>
>>>>>> john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote in
>>>>>> news:XnsA66D7017B4C36johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:XnsA66D4807BCA5Enoemailattnet@216.166.97.131:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Attachment decoded: Rosie 35.jpg
>>>>>>>> `
>>>>>>>> end
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mary Josephine Farley
>>>>>>> after this, she became a WASP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good call. My mother was a WASP. A very
>>>>>> overlooked program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Not by me.. one of the ladies that I worked with was a WASP.
>>>>>
>>>>> also:
>>>>>
>>>>> from the WASP database & The Congressional Record.
>>>>>
>>>>> 43-8 Lois Gene Holman nee (French)
>>>>>
>>>>> &
>>>>>
>>>>> Dora Dougherty, third from left in front of B-29 "Ladybird"
>>>>> with Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (left), Dorothea Johnson (2nd
>>>>> from left) and B-29 crew.
>>>>>
>>>>> Col Tibbets trained these two ladies to fly the B-29 to show the
>>>>> men that the plane was not dangerous.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My mother was part of the WASP's trained
>>>>to fly the B26 to show the men the men it was
>>>>not as dangerous as made out. "A plane a day
>>>>in Tampa Bay" and all that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I am curious, what kind of background did your Mom have that put her
>>> into that position with the WASP's? Was she a civilian pilot prior
>>> to enlisting?
>>>
>>
>> She had learned to fly before the war and
>>when the call went out for women pilots to
>>volunteer she applied. All the applicants were
>>sent to Sweetwater TX for training and then
>>from there to bases all over the US.
>>
>> Here is a news item from her local paper
>>about it.
>>
>>
>
> That is a very interesting bit of history. Your Mom was a true
> pioneer.
>
The older I get the more that
becomes real to me............;)
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