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Nov 30, 2021 · Steel-helmeted, uniformed Polish women march through the streets of Warsaw to aid in defense of their capital after German troops had started their invasion of Poland, on September 16, 1939. Nurses are seen clearing debris from one of the wards in St. Peter’s Hospital, Stepney, East London, on April 19, 1941.
Jun 12, 2017 · Twenty-five enthusiastic and experienced female flyers from the USA joined the ATA in 1942. Four women from New Zealand determinedly paid their own passage in order to be part of history. One woman, 19-year-old Margot ‘Chilli’ Duhalde, spoke no English at all on arrival, yet went forth with the same sense of courageous daring.
Aug 10, 2018 · Though they performed a wide variety of tasks, the Women Airforce Service Pilots often carried out ferrying missions to transport aircraft for the war effort. WASPs flew the entire range of aircraft manufactured for World War II. In this series, we see P-51s, a P-38, and a BT-13. Original Caption: “WAFs and Army Pilot.
Deployed in German cities, these women—and the units to which they were assigned—were responsible for defending civilian populations from aerial bombardment during the extensive bombing campaigns in the final years of the conflict. This image portrays a young female member of an anti-aircraft unit at a rail station in North Berlin, 1945.
About 1,100 young women flew military aircraft stateside during World War II as part of a program called Women Airforce Service Pilots — WASP for short. These civilian volunteers ferried and ...
Oct 29, 2020 · 10/29/2020. Warsaw, September 13, 1939 — two girls are rummaging for potatoes as German warplanes approach and open fire, killing one. As her 12-year-old sister bends over her body, an American ...
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Jul 18, 2019 · Adolf Galland was a flying ace and General for the German Luftwaffe during World War II. Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland was born on March 19, 1912 in Westerholt (now Herten), Germany. After witnessing a demonstration from an aviation club Galland decided he wanted to become a pilot. He became a licensed glider pilot in 1932.
