Table of Contents
List of Photos
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: War Declared, Pilots Needed
Chapter 1: The Beginnings
Chapter 2: A Coup at the Water Cooler
Chapter 3: Recruiting the WAFS
Part II: Building the WFTD
Chapter 4: The Women’s Flying Training Detachment
Chapter 5: Class 43-1 — The “Guinea Pigs”
Chapter 6: Class 43-2
Chapter 7: Class 43-3
Chapter 8: Classes 43-4, 43-5, 43-6
Part III: Three More Women’s Ferrying Squadrons Formed
Chapter 9: 5th Ferrying Group, Love Field, Dallas, Texas
Chapter 10: 2nd Ferrying Group, New Castle AAB, Wilmington, Delaware
Chapter 11: 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus, Michigan
Chapter 12: 6th Ferrying Group, Long Beach California
Chapter 13: Welcome to the Ferry Command
Part IV: Missions Altered
Chapter 14: Cochran’s Power Play
Chapter 15: Nancy and Betty Fly the Fortress
Chapter 16: New Mission for the Ferrying Division
Chapter 17: The Air Inspector
Chapter 18: ATC Holds Firm in Tussle for Command
Part V: Ferrying Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Chapter 19: Ten WASP Ferry Pilots Tell All!
Part VI: 1944: WASP Fly “the Game Changer”
Chapter 20: Pursuit School
Chapter 21: Militarization
Chapter 22: Officer Training School
Chapter 23: The First Transfers
Chapter 24: 21st Ferrying Group, Palm Springs
Chapter 25: D-Day, the Sixth of June
Chapter 26: A Typical Coast-to-Coast P-51 Delivery
Part VII: Winning the War, Losing the Battle
Chapter 27: The Great Transfer
Chapter 28: The Fall Out
Chapter 29: Ferrying — the Highs and the Lows
Part VIII: Denouement
Chapter 30: Twelve WASP Ferry Pilots Died
Chapter 31: Facts of Life in the Ferry Command
Chapter 32: Thoughts: Women of the Ferry Command … In Their Own Words
Afterword
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
