Sisters in Arms: The Women Who Flew in World War II

TitleSisters in Arms: The Women Who Flew in World War II
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsSchrader, Helen Page
Number of Pages298
PublisherPen & Sword Aviation
CityBarnsley, UK
Abstract

During World War II, a few carefully selected women in the US and the UK were briefly given the unprecedented opportunity to fly military aircraft. Yet the story of these pioneer women pilots is made even more intriguing by the fact that, despite many notable similarities in the utilisation and organisation of the women in their respective countries, they experienced radically different fates. Throughout the war, the contribution of the women of the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) to the war effort was recognized and praised both from official quarters and in the press. By contrast, the American Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) were first glamorized and made into Hollywood stars - and then subjected to a slander campaign. What accounts for this dramatic difference in the treatment of women pilots doing essentially the same job? This book seeks to answer these questions by allowing the women who participated in the ATA and WASP an opportunity to speak for themselves. 

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