Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Pilots of World War II

by Sarah Byrn Rickman

University of North Texas Press, 2008

Cloth: 978-1-57441-241-3 | Paper: 978-1-57441-576-6 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-375-5

Library of Congress Classification D790.5.L68R53 2008

Dewey Decimal Classification 940.544973092

Contents
List of Photographs of Nancy Harkness Love
Foreword by Deborah G. Douglas
Preface						
Prologue						1
Chapter 1: Learning To Fly 					
Chapter 2: Learning To Live					
Chapter 3: Stretching Her Wings					
Chapter 4: Tricycle Gear Test Pilot				
Chapter 5: War in Europe!					
Chapter 6: Wanted: Ferry Pilots				
Chapter 7: Two Women Pilot Groups		
Chapter 8: The Originals Gather				
Chapter 9: Growing Pains						
Chapter 10: Killed in Service of Her Country			
Chapter 11: Transport And Transition			
Chapter 12: A B-17 Bound For England			
Chapter 13: Change in the Air				
Chapter 14: Pursuit School					
Chapter 15: The Quest For Militarization			
Chapter 16: In Pursuit, Coast to Coast				
Chapter 17: Militarization Denied			
Chapter 18: Denouement of the WASP			
Chapter 19: Flying The Hump				
Chapter 20: Peace, Prosperity, Parenthood				
Chapter 21: Life On The Vineyard			
Chapter 22: Empty Nest				 
Chapter 23: Fighting Spirit					
Epilogue				
Appendix: Biographical Overview of Nancy Harkness Love
Endnotes
Glossary of Military Terms
Glossary of Airplanes 
Bibliography					
Index

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