WASPs Exhibit Photo Gallery


	We hope you'll enjoy these photos of the WASPs exhibit at the P-38 Museum, as well as a few WASP photos. You can find much more info of the WASPs from the links in the WASPs section of this site.

CATHERINE VAIL BRIDGE

Catherine donated many items for the WASPs exhibit and was instrumental in getting it completed.

COLT 45

COMB AND TOOTHBRUSH

Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown Heroines of World War II

"The Definitive Account of American Women Aviators in WWII"

The WASPs performed beyond all expectations. They set their sights on the skies, leaving farms and homes across the country to do their part to win the war by ferrying fighters and bombers.

DOT SWAIN LEWIS' ART

One weary, bedraggled WASP returning home after a week of cross-country deliveries

WASP IN THE CLOUDS

MARY LOU NEALE
COLBERT

The single largest contributor to this section of our website, Mary Lou Neale led the way for the WASPs.

Read more about Mary Lou here.

RUTH DAILEY
HELM

When she was 11 years old, a barnstormer had to force-land his plane near Helm's small town of Grapeland, Texas. Her father, offered to let the pilot use his tools to fix his plane.

The grateful pilot said: "I don't have any money. But I'll give you a free ride."

When her mother objected to her father going up in the plane, Helm begged for her chance at a bird's-eye view of Texas.

"I think mostly it was looking down at the little houses. They looked like tiny toys," Helm said. "I said: 'Someday I'm going to be a pilot. I'm going to fly.' "

FULL ARTICLE FROM
ARIZONA DAILY STAR

AREA MAP

MAHOGANY RELIEF MAP

DISPLAY

BARBARA ERICKSON
LONDON

Barbara London was awarded the Air Medal, the only one awarded to a WASP during WW II (note: more medals were awarded after the war).

Read more about her on the USAF Museum site.

WASP MEMORIAL
(USAF Museum)

ORIGINAL LETTERS

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