She flew Bombers
She Flew Bombers is a funny, sad and heroic story about the strength of one woman, and her colleagues, the Women Airforce Service Pilots. These brave young women flew over 77 types of untested aircraft from the factories to the US bases during WWII. They had to fight their own battles with gender discrimination and not having any military benefits. Through the government lend lease program the WASPSs flew planes for the Soviet Night Witches to bomb the Germans at night. All the events in this novel are based on fact.
The Story Behind This Book
My mother was in the Army during World War II and in her scrap book I found an article in her base newsletter about women pilots. I found out very few people even know that there were women pilots during WWII.
Praise and Reviews
She Flew Bombers is a funny, sad and heroic story about the strength of one woman, Violet Willey, and her WASP colleagues, a colorful assortmen of other patriotic women, each one strong in her won way. Women pilots were and exotic and unappreciated item during WWII, and as such, had to fight their own battles against gender discrimination vefore it became a problem. The Same was not true of Russian women pilots, as Violet founds out in the course of delivering a pursuit airplane to self-proclaimed "Night Witches," as those extraordinary women combat pilots were called because they made their aerial raids under cover of darkness. Flying a dizzying variety of airplanes was a constant challenge of WASP pilots, as well as the terrifying porblem of sabotage. Add to this the knowledge that many of the planes they flew were relatively untested as they came off the assembly line, and the reader will easily understand the origin of the term, "Flying by the seat of their pants!".Related Links
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