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Image: Boeing YB-17 Maiden Flight

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Description: Members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), who have been trained to ferry the B-17 Flying Fortresses, are pictured leaving their ship at the four engine school at Lockbourne Army Air Field during the World War II. From left to right are Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn. The WASP were civilian women pilots who flew in non-combat situations for the U.S. Army Air Forces during the war.
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