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Doris Tanner, Dawn Seymour and Mary-Helen Chapman-Foster visited Squadron Officer College on March 26 to address Squadron Officer School class 09C. The ladies served as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, during World War II and recounted numerous stories about their experiences as the first women military aircraft pilots. (Air Force photo by Carl Bergquist)


WASPs reflect on roles as aviation pioneers

Doris Tanner, Dawn Seymour and Mary-Helen Chapman-Foster visited Squadron Officer College on March 26 to address Squadron Officer School class 09C. The ladies served as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, during World War II and recounted numerous stories about their experiences as the first women military aircraft pilots. (Air Force photo by Carl Bergquist)

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Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Elements of the 97th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, arrived at Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England on May 12, 1942. On August 17, 1942, three months later, 12 B-17s from the 97 BG, led by then Major Paul Tibbets, carried out the first high altitude AAF heavy bomber raid over Europe against the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville, France.
Carl Bergquist
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