The Women Airforce Service Pilots: WASP

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At the outset of World War II, the U.S. military did not accept female pilots. But women were allowed to serve as civilian contractors flying military planes in non-combat roles. The Women Airforce Service Pilots of the "WASP" flew every type of plane the United States used during the war in every role flown by male pilots except combat. The History Guy recalls the service and sacrifices of the WASP.
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@TheHistoryGuyChannel 4 года назад

At the start I say that Jackie Cochran was born in 1936. That is a misspeak- she was born in 1906. I apologize for the error. While it seems trivial, it is important to the WASP- the name Women Airforce Service Pilots is already plural. They referred to themselves as WASP, not WASPs.

@DerpsWithWolves 4 года назад

I rather like to imagine she was a flight instructor at six years old.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 4 года назад

@@DerpsWithWolves Some of the WASP were hardly teenagers when they started flying, but not quite that young. One initial issue with making them part of WAC was that WAC required enlistees to be twenty-one, while many of the qualified pilots that Nancy Love recruited were younger.

@krashanderson2103 4 года назад

Don't forget about the WASP museum, in Sweetwater TX waspmuseum.org/

@jaysturek8785 4 года назад

Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran (May 11, 1906 - August 9, 1980). So much great info, sometimes a minor error happens, but leave it to The History Guy to find his minor error, acknowledge it and then fix it for us! Hats off to you!!

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 4 года назад

Karla Kirkpatrick I don’t know that “betrayed” is a fair description, but it certainly was controversial. The core argument was that including women in Mercury would slow the process, and there was a political imperative to win the space race.

@sacrificialrubber779 4 года назад

My Grandma was a WASP! She had well over 2000 hours by the end of the war!!🤘🏻🤘🏻👌🏻

@missxmarvel 2 года назад

Liar.

@Concetta20 Год назад

Wow!!! What a legacy!

@Blogengezer 4 года назад

My high school English teacher, Ms Lippincott, was one of those ferry pilots during WWII. Her husband, a fighter pilot, had been shot down while battling in the skies over Europe. His body is in Arlington National Cemetery. She convinced me to remain in school, when I had decided to quit education and work construction. Thank You for your service Ms Lippincott.

@timothy2935 4 года назад

What a blessing

@v.e.7236 4 года назад

"Behind every strong man, stands a stronger woman." Not sure who the quote is from, but it was my mother's favorite saying. lol

@missxmarvel 2 года назад

Liar.

@jameskirk6030 4 года назад

As a nurse, I took care of a lady who was one of the first members of the W.A.A.C. Of course I can't reveal her name but listening to her stories greatly humbled me in regards to my own military career. She passed away in a veterans nursing home in Missouri and I was proud to have known her. She was buried with full military honors as one of the first WASPs to fly in service for our country.

@robertewalt7789 4 года назад

A couple of years ago, I met a woman who was an officer in the Army in NYC in WW2. She supervised the sending of uniforms, blankets, etc to Europe

@timothy2935 4 года назад

How neat !

@Vampirebear13 4 года назад

You're allowed to name names, if you wish to do so. My Dad's war service record was finally unsealed about 15-20 years ago, while my brother's Viet Nam service record is still sealed, as he was in Navy Intelligence.

@jameskirk6030 4 года назад

@@Vampirebear13 in this case it falls under HIPPA laws.

@robertewalt7789 4 года назад

If your brother’s Navy intelligence was anything like my Army intelligence... One of my tasks was drafting the citations for medals given to people leaving our unit. I couldn’t say what the person had really done, because it was classified, and more to the point, it was typically a waste of time. I learned creative writing.

@michaelkclark6981 4 года назад

I have the honor of having a daughter who is a pilot for a major US airline . Thank you for your work kind sir .

@jacquelinechristensen9231 4 года назад

You should be very proud

@KristopherBel 4 года назад

@@nighthawk5295 you definitely did want to start trouble, don't pretend, we all see you, and are unmoved.

@annebradley6086 3 года назад

Pilots tend to be caretakers of each other. I watch the Blancolirio Report. I hope they offer him an instructor position now.

@annebradley6086 3 года назад

@@KristopherBel Good for you.for calling that person out. It appears that comment was deleted. Hopefully by that person, correcting himself.

@TheIndianalain 4 года назад

I heard a story about Paul Tibbets bringing a WASP team to his base to fly the B29 and shame his crews, because they were afraid of flying the tricky Superfortress... Says a lot about the value of these women.

@MajorJakas 4 года назад

Yea, sometimes people willing to give their lives to prove a point can be extremely useful. Look at how Japan used kamikazes, or how Islam uses suicide bombers. Those with something to prove are great assets for those with something to achieve.

@sambrandt3688 4 года назад

Alain, you are correct sir. Not only the B-29 but also the B-26. Something else that is not mentioned in this History video is that Ms Jackie Cochran also went to work for NASA and tried her best to get women into the astronaut program. What a shame, sometimes the best man for the job is a woman.

@coreys2686 4 года назад

Many male pilots of the day were only certified on three or four types. Most of these women were certified on dozens. Their training often consisted of nothing more than reading the spec sheet ten minutes or less before takeoff.

@thunderbird1921 3 года назад

@@sambrandt3688 In the book A Higher Call, B-17 pilot Charlie Brown recalled when he met and befriended a WASP working at his airfield. He said she quickly ended his longing to fly the B-26 when she shared how dangerous it was. She said something like "She (the B-26) may look pretty, but if you don't give her enough air speed during takeoff or landing, she'll drop like a rock". Needless to say, he and his buddies were horrified. Hats off to these ladies for their commitment and courage.

@sadwingsraging3044 4 года назад

"And their service deserves to be remembered." You're damn well right THG!

@v.e.7236 4 года назад

My mother was one of those female pilot trainees, but never got to see much more than ferry duty. She was never happy/content w/ the menial task and knew she could out-fly most men. She gave me my initial ground school and flight training and I got my private pilot's license at age 17. My mother had over 40K hours of logged flight time when she passed at age 70 due to cancer. Sure hope she gets to fly wherever she's at now, w/ no man to hold her down. Miss our flights together.

@stevew6138 4 года назад

Your Mother was just as much a super hero as the men fighting anywhere. They were and always will be the greatest generation. Two of my uncles spent the war building roads and bridges, they were both trained engineers. They all did what they could to win that war, not seek glory. Much respect to your late Mother.

@JohnyG29 4 года назад

@@nighthawk5295 What?

@kristinwinter4286 4 года назад

@@nighthawk5295 Another example of male anger and misogyny that holds us down to this day. Forty years ago when I learned to fly, women were still not really welcome anywhere. There are still issues, as you amply demonstrate.

@sharid76 4 года назад

@@nighthawk5295 Trust you to be what? I wouldn't trust you to take out the trash, much less explain such an issue adequately. You have however, explained your own meat-headed misogyny and total lack of native intelligence quite adequately. You would never understand this of course, but others will - if women were in charge to the level that so many war mongering men have been, there would BE NO WAR.

@MajorJakas 4 года назад

Maybe that's true, but if she were as good as she claimed she would have probably been put in the air. She sounds more like an early version of today's lazy female that lives pissed at the world for not handing her everything. I bet if she could have sold her panties and bathwater in her day to avoid going to college, she would have.

@rachaelsdaddontdrink 4 года назад

Back in the 90's, I helped out a couple with their condo. I noticed a portrait of the woman on the wall, dressed in pilot gear... Being an amateur historian, I had to ask... Yes, she was a WASP! They invited me over later for dinner and drinks, and the opportunity to hear of her exploits (and bonus points - her husband served as a destroyer captain at Okinawa). Great Americans.

@LordFalconsword 4 года назад

We sorely lack their leadership now.

@paulredinger420 4 года назад

Wow, how cool was that!

@adamg.5525 4 года назад

Not going to lie, I'm so jealous lol.

@david6532 3 года назад

Lovely story

@Concetta20 Год назад

Wow! Wow! Wow!

@NotThatBob 4 года назад

It's frustrating to think of how often prejudice stopped advancement. Ability should determine success.

@dahawk8574 4 года назад

The 1940s was an age before the birth control pill. So there are other things going on here that enabled these women to stay in the cockpit. You lump it all into 'prejudice'. THG just avoids these aspects altogether. But do the math. And even if the only thing you want to look at is ability, this was also an age before hydraulically boosted flight controls. One critical part of ability is basic physical strength. This is an even more obvious aspect which THG avoided. Cross-controlling a P-38 with its engine out is one thing. Now try handling asymmetric thrust on something like a B-17. Or a B-29.

@NotThatBob 4 года назад

@@dahawk8574 I'm not denying some prejudices at certain times weren't considered a cultural negative, but indeed it has to agreed that in all fields, in the past, advancements were slowed by prejudice. I wasn't making a political comment but one of missed opportunists to advance. All the best.

@fidziek 4 года назад

it's only because some idiotic psychopats are in power, not normal, sensitive and clever people... ENOUGH!

@JPF941 4 года назад

@@fidziek I would take your argument more seriously if you knew how to spell. And some of the idiotic psychopaths that are in power are women...…..

@llongone2 3 года назад

Still, the WASPs helped the U.S. war effort significantly. Germany, Italy and Japan didn't have any counterparts to the WASPs. It was a highly progressive concept at the time.

@royx6762 4 года назад

A few months ago I visited Avenger Field in Sweetwater Tx. home of the WASP. Not only did I visit the museum but there was a live event going on that included the attendance of 3 or 4 WASP veterans. All in all, a moving afternoon.

@NoelleTakestheSky Год назад

I got back home the day before yesterday from Homecoming weekend at Avenger. It was the first with no WASP in attendance. There were, however, the spreading of Susie Bain's ashes on the old runway, and Jean Harmon's were chucked out of a T6 by the woman she mentored. According to Jean's daughter, her mom wanted to be tossed out of a plane, and her dad wanted to be booted off the back of a Navy boat. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it right now.

@aday9159 4 года назад

My aunt Leslie was a WASP ... So proud of her 🇺🇸

@missxmarvel 2 года назад

Liar.

@rcdoodles6214 4 года назад

These women all had amazing stories. I’m especially proud of two WASP from my home state, Minnesota. Elizabeth Wall Strohfus served as an instrument flight instructor, towed targets for combat practice with male pilots and flew dive bombers for mock battles with B-17s. In the 1970s she successfully lobbied Congress to give the WASP veteran status. Virginia Mae Hope flew weather personnel and equipment in the AAF Weather Wing. At age 23 she tragically died with 15 other pilots as a passenger in a transport plane in Omaha in Dec 1944. Thank you so much for your accurate and very informative presentation. Well done!

@designerduds1 4 года назад

I knew Liz and miss her. She was so much fun at WASP reunions over the years.

@corkycobon1481 4 года назад

It is imperative that the contribution these ground breaking women made for their country be recognized .

@nelsonde 4 года назад

I had the honor of working with one in the Civil Air Patrol in the 70s, her zest for life and love of aviation were inspirational.

@joeh470 4 года назад

Must have been an honor

@garyolivier792 4 года назад

Wow!! What an experience!! Thanks for the post!!

@Rednekked68 4 года назад

As many of you may know, there is a national WASP museum. It is located near me here in Sweetwater, Texas. It is amazing. Thank you HG!

@CDRaff 4 года назад

My grandmother was a WASP, Virginia Wilson-Hammond. I never got to meet her, but my dad said she was an amazing woman who loved flying more than anything and was fiercely proud of her service.

@WillaHerrera 4 года назад

That is so awesome. I just looked her up on the WASP roster available on their website. On 43-W-5 they list her name as Wilson, Virginia (Hammond)

@missxmarvel 2 года назад

Lol you ppl sure love to lie.

@sandradunn7547 4 года назад

I attended one of the reunions at Avenger field with my daughter (in her 20s at the time) and she had the opportunity to meet a few of those ladies and see some of the aircraft they flew. My daughter has mention several times about that trip and the ladies she met while there. We each got a reproduction set of wings, she wears hers on various occasions, and relishes every opportunity to answer the question "What type of wings are those?". Her face brightens up, she stands straight, and tells them about the WASP.

@SamSchott1 4 года назад

My cousin Christine Schott was in the first USAF female pilot training program, and became the first woman to solo a T-38. She also coined the term "Box Office" referring to the cockpit.

@jmeyer3rn 4 года назад

Inspirational. My tiny high school had an aviation class. We were two girls amongst about 5 boys. We held our own.

@ajg617 4 года назад

My first instructor was a WASP. It was her discharge paperwork that Sen Goldwater used to force the Air Force and Carter administration to recognize WASPs as having served in the military.

@martiniv8924 4 года назад

Jaqueline Cochrane one of the aviatrix that flew in the British ATA in WW2 , before returning to the U.S. she was one of the 166 women ferrying aircraft, mostly unarmed until later in the war, other notables were Amy Johnson, and Dianne Barnato Walker , daughter of Woolf , one of the Bentley boys. In 1943 the British government (rightly so) put the ladies on equal pay to men, a first in Great Britain . We owe them a lot.

@Peasmouldia 4 года назад

Johnson was killed delivering an Airspeed Oxford. She bailed our over the Thames estuary. Her parachute was seen, but she couldn't be found in the rough seas. Spot on comment. Thank you.

@peterturner8766 4 года назад

Apparently the house opposite my home was used by the ATA to house its staff and used bicycles to get to White Waltham airfield. I wonder if Jacqueline Cochrane stayed there.

@designerduds1 4 года назад

@@peterturner8766 Jackie Cochran was the director of the 24 women pilots she brought from the U.S. to help out the ATA. Unfortunately, she directed her program from the Savoy in London while her girls did the dangerous ATA flying. I think it is a bit rough on her - but there is a book "Sisters in Arms: British and American Women Pilots During WWII" that compares the ATA to the WASP. Jackie was quite a character for sure. People loved her or hated her. Still a great story to tell.

@peterturner8766 4 года назад

@@designerduds1 Interesting. The house know is nice. Not up to the standards of the Savoy perhaps - but the Luftwaffe also dropped rather fewer bombs in the vicinity. (A total of three in the entire war, I believe). If you are ever in the area, the local museum has a Spitfire simulator, which is rather fun.

@lastfreethinker6810 4 года назад

My maternal grandmother went through training to be a wasp when her mother found out she pulled her out. I was a kid and never asked for proof but that woman never lied to me, and so I have no reason to suspect that she had.

@billd.iniowa2263 4 года назад

So many people have never gotten the recognition they deserve throughout history. The WASPS are among them. Thank you ladies.

@dankolar6066 4 года назад

Few things can be as daunting as flying a Mitchell bomber, alone, in the dark, without maps or beacons.

@daguard411 4 года назад

Thank you for recognizing this branch of service. During WW2 I had 2 Great Aunts that worked the Chicago docks, working very long hours loading jeeps and trucks aboard ships. I also had a Great Aunt that did the aircraft ferry service, my Dad said that she sometimes flew to Greenland in order to get the craft to Europe. Once again, I thank you for this episode in honor of a forgotten service.

@davidgiancoli2106 4 года назад

Thank you for another excellent presentation. May you, your wife, your HG team and all your loved ones be safe and healthy in the coming weeks. Your videos are a much welcome distraction!

@jacksavage4098 4 года назад

Glad you recognized their service. They have given us our current women flying combat missions. Proud of them.

@PeterCombs 4 года назад

SO glad you did this, my Dad was a B-17 guy, and knew a number of these ladies. He and his fellow crewmen could never understand why their service was so limited when it came to combat roles...bothered him all his life about the way they were treated. BRAVO for doing this!

@markwheeler202 4 года назад

My mom was a teenager growing up in Wisconsin during the war. She told stories of huge flights of planes flying past, no doubt being transported off to war. Now I wonder how many of these were piloted by women.

@erinnefessler8055 4 года назад

This was incredible! Thank you for this amazing story! So interesting to hear true stories of women during the wars doing incredible things! Thank you so much for this video! So inspiring!

@lwbryant8159 4 года назад

Why didn’t you mention the WASP Museum located at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.... this is where the WASPs were trained....

@lwbryant8159 4 года назад

Ben Jones , Visit the website.... WaspMuseum.org.... thanks for the tribute...

@Rednekked68 4 года назад

LW Bryant - just informed WASP museum of this video. They are excited! Thank you!

@georgecaserta2360 4 года назад

@@psychoticbob since a lot of folks are stuck at home now would be a good time to buy books on line and read. This may actually be a good think when we get on the other side and this becomes history

@johnblotnick644 4 года назад

Thanks. Mrs. Beyer, one of my college teachers while I was stationed in Germany, ferried B-17s during WWII. I appreciate this as, yes, they deserve to be remembered.

@harrisonlewis6853 4 года назад

Thank you History Guy for this story of the W.A.S.P. Pauline Anna Zeurcher, just age 22 in 1942 joined the WASP and served until disbandment. This hardy woman was my mother. Mom fly high.

@edglunz9917 4 года назад

So Proud knowing about all these amazing Heroines. THG flies hugh bringing us another episode from History That Definently Deserves To Be Remembered.

@stevemays4091 4 года назад

FYI - In 1945, a private airport was built in Nashville on 145 acres of land near Cornelia Fort's family home. The airport was named in her honor and served the general aviation community in Nashville until its closure in 2011. I attended college in Nashville beginning in 1967 and would often visit Cornelia Fort Airport to watch the planes take off and land and to indulge my own dream of becoming a pilot. Never realized until watching this video who the airport was named after, but recognized the name the instant you said it. Amazing.

@jefrey5578 4 года назад

My aunt used to fly with the WAFS while her husband was paratrooping into france before d-day. both survived

@100forks 4 года назад

As a pilot, about three years ago, after watching another video on the WASPS, I wrote a comment stating that I wished there were a lot more female private pilots. I received so much hate mail in return, that I was totally surprised. I still stand by what I said.

@V.Hansen. 4 года назад

What kind of reasons do they give? Why would such a comment even be controversial?

@yesverygood7437 4 года назад

@@V.Hansen. youtube comments tend to attract the worst kind of people. including raging sexists

@wrightflyer7855 4 года назад

Some people post negative, juvenile comments just for the sake of disrupting the dialogue. Don't let it bother you....they usually don't know what they're talking about.

@Skywalker8562 4 года назад

General Chuck Yeager thought Jackie Cochran was one of the best pilots he ever knew. Giving her the status of having "The Right Stuff".

@tinamclaughlin1991 4 года назад

Go, get em Girls! We can do anything, and always do! Thanks for the inspiration today!

@paulk8152 4 года назад

My private certificate Flight instructor was a WASP. Ethel Jones Sheffler.. She was also First Lady to get her Rating in the Hiller 360. And she was one of the founders of the whirly girls now the women’s helicopter pilots association. Best flight instructor ever!!! Thank you THG ....This is close to my heart.

@cj.tj.8201 4 года назад

This is a great story an you tell it with such honor for these fine ladys. Thank you for bringing there story to the light..

@chrisoberg6888 4 года назад

I met a WASP in high school. She was awesome. Ran into her again at an airshow. RIP Floribelle Reese

@darrylr.4983 4 года назад

I took my Private Pilot checkride in 1976. My instructor told me I'd have a female examiner. I didn't think much about that, I was just concerned with passing the checkride. So I was shocked when a little old lady came walking out of the office and introduced herself as Patricia Grant. After the ride I found out she had been a WASP and had flown almost everything from fighters to bombers to transports. In 1976 she had 50,000 hours of flying time which is astounding when you realize the typical airline pilot retires with around 20,000 hours. Wish I'd had more time to talk to her, I'm certain she had some very good stories.

@christopherrasmussen8718 4 года назад

My grandmother had a good GF who was a WASP. I knew from a young age who they were. She moved B17s among other planes. She was very proud of her WWII duty. She told me lots of stories. She went home at the end and became a housewife.

@constipatedinsincity4424 4 года назад

A friend of mines Father worked at Hoover Dam and his mother flew during the war. She died just before recieving her invitation to the White House. One thing she was most proud of was that she flew her grandchildren and great grandchildren just months before she died and her husband died 2 years later. They were an example of the Greatest Generation they lived in the same house since the 40's near Nellis AFB. They lived 3 doors down the street from a church and 3 doors past the church is Buddhist temple. They're America loving GOD fearing respectful to all colors of people. And a couple that never said GOD'S NAME IN VAIN. 72 years of marriage. I've been truly blessed to have met so many great and impressive people in my life. History Guy you hit that spot all the time. 🎯 Thank you Playboy!

@constipatedinsincity4424 4 года назад

@randall2020 Maybe we're the under achievers falling short in attaining our true greatness!

@ronfullerton3162 4 года назад

@randall2020 Is this your great achievement in life, ruining a good story because you are triggered? Those people of the greatest generation all ran circles around whatever you will accomplish in life. You know why? It wasn't all about themselves. What they lived through in both the depression and the war would have you on your knees. And that story was a good example of the greatness of those people. After the war was over, their lives started getting better and better. And they not only enjoyed it for themselves, but tried to build on it to pass it on to their children and grandchildren. They were all about family, friends, and country. Now half our people cannot even see past the end of their nose. And I will not even get into the church thing. I already know that is beyond your comprehension.

@ronfullerton3162 4 года назад

Love your story. My folks and uncles and aunts were of that generation. Plus all the wonderful people I worked and learned under in my younger days. What great people. What a love for their family, friends, and country. What a great outlook on life. We have lost so much by losing these great people. Thank you for sharing!

@ronfullerton3162 4 года назад

@randall2020 That story was one of memories about good people, and the love shared in that family. You ripped it once, then when I called you down for it, you ripped it again. Since you are so triggered, I will bid you good day with hopes that you get over whatever has turned your crank.

@ronfullerton3162 4 года назад

@randall2020 I will let those who read the comments decide who the crank is. I will just say that I hope you can read someone's story without the need for attacking their beliefs in the future.

@NickFajardo 4 года назад

Amy Shira Teitel's new book "Fighting for Space" has a lot of information about Cochran's journey through history (including details about her time with the WASPs). It's a good read/listen

@davidhoman3807 4 года назад

A good friend of mine and I are from Nebraska and became private pilots around 2003. He loaned me a book about “Sharpie”. Thank you so much for including her.

@delaneyford2106 2 месяца назад

I am currently in a musical written about the WASP. They were truly amazing people!

@capnpete1154 4 года назад

Awesome episode. Thank you so much!

@maxsmodels 4 года назад

By Dec. 1944 the Army Air Force actually had a surplus of pilots. I knew one who could not get overseas because they didn't need him. He ended up flying around the east coast on submarine patrol.

@zacheryrobertson9811 4 года назад

Love your shows. Keep up the good work

@ramanpreciado2241 4 года назад

I remember learning about this on tv I when was really young but it was very short documentary on these amazing woman.

@rickvelocity5578 4 года назад

Women were not thought of much back then, in fact, they weren't thought much more than black people were.

@thamirivonjaahri6378 4 года назад

Perseverance while on duty is such wonderful virtue. I honestly am in great envy of these brave ladies.

@patgiblinsongs5 Год назад

Thank you! Another excellent video!

@timothymorris1925 4 года назад

I had the good fortune to work for Sue Parrish at the air museum her and her husband Pete started, The Kalamazoo Air History museum aka The Airzoo. She was a grand lady.

@zodszoo 4 года назад

Pure excellence, Sir. Sincerely love and appreciate that You and Yours, are doing your part to preserve History. Thank you.

@HistoryHappens 4 года назад

Wow, loved this story! Really some brave , fearless women who have rocked the world! Glad to see them finally get recognition.

@stephenphillip5656 4 года назад

"Public opinion wouldn't allow it". How did they know- *they hadn't tried it.* Chapeau to all these pioneers who did such a valuable (and sometimes undervalued) job when it was most needed. You touched on the British equivalent- the Air Transport Auxiliary aka "The Spitfire Girls" who similarly delivered fighters and bombers to front-line airfields and also collected damaged but flyable planes to return them to more specialist repair facilities. Another facinating episode of History which deserves to be remembered. Thank you THG!

@lizj5740 4 года назад

Elizabeth Wein has written two young adult books about women in the ATA: _Code Name Verity_ and _Rose Under Fire_.

@kenycharles8600 4 года назад

Thank you for your presentation.

@talon2pro 4 года назад

Great Vidio! My Father trained for his pilot wings beside these brave trailblazers. He laughed and joked about Waspsssss and Waaaccs but with an underlying admiration of them. They helped to train him and already wore the silver wings he had coveted.

@raymondoverson8715 4 года назад

Great piece of work. Love the channel...

@jeffreystone3380 4 года назад

Beautiful video... well done!

@ProfessorKitchen 4 года назад

Thank you for recognizing the work these brave women did. Also, love the lava lamp . Adds a nice bit of color.

@davidchristensen6908 4 года назад

Thank you for bring us a wonderful bit of history.

@philpartin8618 4 года назад

Dear Sir. I know I'm just another comment but I really enjoy your contributions and content. Thank you for your work.

@ChiTownPulse 4 года назад

I love your intros to the topics.

@jillhill5421 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing this information with us. James

@Ezzell_ 4 года назад

Thank You!

@tachakawa 4 года назад

At 12:20 is awesome picture of Micky Axton, maiden name Mildred Tuttle. She was good friend and college roommate with my Mom. She was an accomplished pilot, flew everything up to and including B-29's. She was also a warm and wonderful person, I feel so honored to have known her just a little bit. Thanks again to the History Guy for remembering

@designerduds1 4 года назад

I knew Micky and she stayed with me in Seattle to attend an event at the Seattle Museum of Flight. It was amazing she had to leave the WASP because she had a daughter - but became the only female on the B-29 flight test crew in Wichita trying to stop engine fires on the big plane. That is why the men did not want to fly it!

@thunderbird1921 3 года назад

@@designerduds1 The postwar B-36 had similar issues. It was made even worse by the fact that the pusher propellers would have their air inlets clogged with ice in bad weather or certain latitudes. An incredible bomber, but man was it tricky to fly.

@designerduds1 3 года назад

@@thunderbird1921 Hi - saw you pop up with this a year after this presentation received so much notice. I am connected to a producer now to tell the true story of women pilots in WWII (not only the WASP) in a 10-hour miniseries for television. What a difference a year makes!

@Joker-jt3vn 4 года назад

As always, we’ll presented. I appreciate how you just tell the story and let the viewers come to their own conclusions. We can see the unfairness for ourselves. I don’t need a course in “Western paternalism” to recognize facts and work for change.

@TNgrandee3 4 года назад

Thank you so much for researching and creating this tribute to WASP. I have no connection to WASP. I am so happy these women are finally getting the recognition they truly deserve.

@run4funorgo4dough 4 года назад

History that really does deserve to be remembered. Thank you for your service.

@WildBillCox13 4 года назад

A story that needs told. Thanks. Liked and shared.

@BlasphemousBill2023 4 года назад

I enjoyed this one very much, thanks!

@garretvaughn7936 4 года назад

Thank you for this wonderful tribute to these sometimes-forgotten brave ladies who made such contribution to the war effort. I am a volunteer at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa ID, and am proud to say that we have an entire wall of the museum dedicated to the WASPs! Amazing women!

@ajg617 4 года назад

That's a great museum - was there in Sept of last year. And I found my WASP instructors and my father-in-laws (Submariner) name in your wonderful archives. Will be back again when out west.

@garretvaughn7936 4 года назад

@@ajg617 Fantastic! So glad you enjoyed your visit to the Warhawk!

@jillhill5421 4 года назад

Thank you Mr.K

@markallen3293 4 года назад

There is a saying I just recently heard, "Women are like tea bags, "When in hot water, we don't know how strong they will be."

@davidcox2264 4 года назад

Another great video. Thanks for your service ladies.

@DianaKazimiera- Год назад

Absolutely ! great,very wise and strong women.Great respect 🕊️

@kiwisue 4 года назад

Fascinating presentation. I have a greater appreciation of history since discovering your channel.

@theoldgrowler3489 4 года назад

Looking forward to your next posting!

@dianagoodrich7169 4 года назад

Hello! As a student at Harvey Mudd College I met a former WASP Mrs. Iris (Cummings) Critchell who ran a pilot training program the Bates flight program. I did not enter the program, but was quite impressed with Mrs Critchell. [What is also amazing, she must still be alive working on her 100th year.] Thank you for bringing this subject to the light. I am constantly frustrated that people served in the military with less recognition than they have deserved. Again, Thank You!

@designerduds1 4 года назад

You are right about Iris. She is surely alive today because she swims almost every day. She was in the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a swimmer!

@timdodd3897 4 года назад

Your videos are so informative. Thanks

@Sir.Craze- 4 года назад

Beautiful. A treat to watch. Thank you. 🎩👌

@markdanford1910 4 года назад

very well done i learned alot

@robertnessful 4 года назад

Two more points about the WASP: First, many flights made by these pilots were ferry missions from the factory to army airfields, the WASP being the first to take untested air frames aloft. Many old warbirds will have a female pilot as the first entry in its log. Second, the WASP mascot was Fifinella, a female gremlin character created by Roald Dahl and drawn by Disney Studios animators.

@NoelleTakestheSky Год назад

CorrectionL Fifi was drawn by Disney himself.

@longhairbear 4 года назад

The Jackie Cochran airport is near to us in Palm Springs. Also here in Palm Springs are the original tie downs, now neighborhood cul de sacs, that held planes to the ground during our high winds here. Some of the the tie down loops, and bolts are preserved the pavement. Many women pilots flew planes built elsewhere in CA to Palm Springs for deployment to the Pacific.

@nor0845 3 года назад

I knew a chap who flew Beaufighters. One day a plane came in making a perfect touchdown and out popped a tiny girl with a shock of blonde curls. He said she landed the thing better than they could. These women were often literally chucked the keys to planes they had never seen before. One pilot I spoke to said four girls (and they were just girls many of them), including herself, had to ferry a B17 across the Atlantic. “There’s the manual. Britain’s that way. Get on with it.”

@ErikHare 4 года назад

Thank you so much

@tundralou 4 года назад

This was a great story. I had read about them but this was so well one and informative-thank you History Guy

@apolloreinard7737 4 года назад

Thank you Guy. This brought me to tears over those who lost their lives in the service to our country. So young, so beautiful, so daring!

@JimForeman 4 года назад

I was taught to fly by a former WASP, soloed on my 16th birthday.

@bobbyhardeman9206 4 года назад

History Guy, Cornelia Fort was born to a prominent family in Nashville, TN. There was a small airport there built on her family's property that operated until 2010. It was closed and the land given to the city after the Nasville floods. It is now a natural area. Daughter of the Air, is a biography of Cornelia written by Rob Simbeck. I enjoy your channel, keep up the good work.

@mochatech121 4 года назад

Thank you so much for telling us this marvelous piece of history.❤️❤️❤️

@franklinkz2451 4 года назад

Great video

@richarddavidthomas 4 года назад

Once again an excellent documentary well presented. These ladies deserve to be remembered as do the ladies who ferried the aircraft here in the UK. Thank you History Guy.

@jonnymoka 4 года назад

I am hearing about these brave ladies for the first time here. Thanks again History Guy team for great stuff!

@shamoy1000 4 года назад

Great story. Great topic. In 2007 I met a group of wasps at a P51 air show in Ohio. Each one had their own display area with a list of the dozen or so different planes they had been trained on and flew. One had written her story in paper back which now lives in my office like those hats do in yours. At the time I knew I was looking at people significant to history.

@Me2Lancer 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing the legacy of these courageous women and their sacrifices. They made enormous contributions during the war and deserve all the recognition that can be given. May we never forget! During the mid-1950s I served as a Civil Air Patrol cadet in Texas and no doubt served with a number of women who had served during WWII.

@flyswryan 4 года назад

My late friend, Louise Bowden, was in an early class. Her classmate in the next cot was killed in training. The cadets had to pool their money together to pay for the train fare to ship the plain wooden box, found in a storeroom, containing her remains, and Louise, who accompanied the box, to her home town. The Army wouldn’t pay for it because they were civilian women. Draping the box, and later, the casket, with an American flag was expressly forbidden, as the fallen cadet was NOT military. On December 20, 1944, WASP were ferrying aircraft, as usual. When they arrived at their destinations, they were informed that the WASP had been disbanded and were immediately escorted off base, as ordered, with no means of getting home. Imagine ferrying a P-40 or a P-39 from Buffalo to Anchorage and finding yourself stranded in an Alaskan winter... While ferrying P-51’s from Greenville to Gander, Louise’s engine started running rough about 10 minutes into the flight. She returned to base, but the engine quit halfway back, so she bailed out and joined the Caterpillar Club, landing under canopy in a farm field, about 100 feet from the burning wreckage of the crippled “daughter of Dallas.” She was given a ride back to base by a passing preacher and was unceremoniously given another parachute and Mustang to ferry. Five minutes out, the engine quit and Louise found herself under another canopy. This time the base sent someone out to pick her up. Offered a third parachute and plane, Louise demurred, and waited until the next day before continuing on to Gander.