Kate’s 2¢: “The women with silver wings: the inspiring true story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II” by Katherine Sharp Landdeck

“The women with silver wings: the inspiring true story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II” by Katherine Sharp Landdeck

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   This non-fiction story follows several real women in Jackie Cockran’s the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, and also in Nancy Love’s the Women’s Air Ferry Service.

   I thank and applaud these talented, gutsy women who broke gender barriers as well as sound barriers while they flew every air craft needed to win WWII. Their battle didn’t end when the war ended, though. Before the last one died in her 90’s, she could rest in peace with the knowledge that she set the pace for generations to come.

   I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story and recognized many of the military men named who may or may not have been instrumental in the quest to prove women can do everything a man can do.

From her website:

Katherine Sharp Landdeck is an associate professor of history at Texas Woman’s University, the home of the WASP archives. A Guggenheim Fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and a graduate of the University of Tennessee, where she earned her Ph.D., Landdeck has received numerous awards for her work on the WASP and has appeared as an expert on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS, and the History channel. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and HuffPost, as well as in numerous academic and aviation publications. Landdeck is a licensed pilot who flies whenever she can.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The women with silver wings: the inspiring true story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II DB99816

Landdeck, Katherine Sharp. Reading time: 10 hours, 55 minutes.

Read by Gabra Zackman.

World History and Affairs

A historian profiles the young women who joined the US Army Air Forces to aid the war effort for World War II and who were known as the Women Airforce Service Pilots. She recounts the pilots’ hard work, their eventual disbandment, and their fight for recognition as veterans. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

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