03606nam 2200709 a 450 991081835670332120200520144314.01-282-07535-797866120753531-57441-375-91-4416-0915-6(CKB)1000000000764331(EBL)424337(OCoLC)535989723(SSID)ssj0000207842(PQKBManifestationID)11183692(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207842(PQKBWorkID)10238595(PQKB)10467652(MiAaPQ)EBC424337(OCoLC)503445011(MdBmJHUP)muse6894(Au-PeEL)EBL424337(CaPaEBR)ebr10331579(CaONFJC)MIL207535(EXLCZ)99100000000076433120070924d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II /by Sarah Byrn Rickman1st ed.Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Pressc20081 online resource (354 p.)North Texas military biography and memoir series ;no. 4Description based upon print version of record.1-57441-241-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-319) and index.Cover; Contents; List of Photographs of Nancy Harkness Love; Foreword by Deborah G. Douglas; Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter 1: Learning to Fly; Chapter 2: Learning to Live; Chapter 3: Stretching Her Wings; Chapter 4: Tricycle Gear Test Pilot; Chapter 5: War in Europe!; Chapter 6: Wanted: Ferry Pilots; Chapter 7: Two Women Pilot Groups; Chapter 8: The Originals Gather; Chapter 9: Growing Pains; Chapter 10: Killed in Service of Her Country; Chapter 11: Transport and Transition; Chapter 12: A B-17 Bound for England; Chapter 13: Change in the Air; Chapter 14: Pursuit SchoolChapter 15: The Quest for MilitarizationChapter 16: In Pursuit, Coast to Coast; Chapter 17: Militarization Denied; Chapter 18: Denouement of the WASP; Chapter 19: Flying the Hump; Chapter 20: Peace, Prosperity, and Parenthood; Chapter 21: Life on the Vineyard; Chapter 22: Empty Nest; Chapter 23: Fighting Spirit; Epilogue; Appendix: Biographical Overview of Nancy Harkness Love; Endnotes; Glossary of Military and Airplane Terms; Glossary of Airplane Types; Bibliography; IndexShe 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 US Army.North Texas military biography and memoir series ;no. 4.World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945TransportationUnited StatesAir pilotsUnited StatesBiographyWomen air pilotsUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, American.World War, 1939-1945TransportationAir pilotsWomen air pilots940.54/4973092BRickman Sarah Byrn1687394MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818356703321Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II4113116UNINA