About this title: She flew the swift P-51 and the capricious P-38, but the heavy, four-engine B-17 bomber and C-54 transport were her forte. This is the story of Nancy Harkness Love who, early in World War II, recruited and led the first group of twenty-eight women to fly military aircraft for the U.S. Army.When the United States entered World War II, the Army needed pilots to transport or "ferry" its combat-bound aircraft across the United States for overseas deployment and its trainer airplanes to flight training bases. Male pilots were in short supply, so into this vacuum stepped Nancy Love and her Women's ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ Of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781574412413ISBN:1574412418
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1574412418. DJ slightly wrinkled and worn along top edge. read more
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