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1 WASPs http://b-29.org/fly-girls/fly-girls4.html https://www.pinterest.com/pin/5739 27546233397410/

2 Training ● They needed 500 hours of flight time ● Most people had over 1000 hours ● six months long ● ground and flight school http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/facts heet.asp?id=1532

3 Their role ● Never formally militarized ● Flight instructors ● Ferryed planes ● flew radio controlled planes http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wasp- Helicopter-Radio-Controlled- Vehicle/17477217

4 What is it? ● It stands for Women Airforce Service Pilots ● It was created because there was a shortage of pilots in 1942 ● about 1100 women http://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilhe-original-fly-girlsots-t

5 Questions ● How many hours of flight time did they need? ● what was one of their jobs? ● How many of them were there?

6 Bibliography ● http://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls http://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls ● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots ● http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp-history.asp http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp-history.asp ● http://twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p214coll2 http://twudigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p214coll2


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