Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II - Hardcover

Hodgson, Marion Stegeman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557503648 ISBN 13: 9781557503640

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1996

Synopsis

Now a successful writer, Hodgson recounts her experience in the experimental Woman Airforce Service Pilots program beginning in 1943. She and he sister pilots learned to fly a wide range of military aircraft and provided stateside service in order to free their male counterparts for combat duty overseas. Much of the story is told in her contemporary letters to a pilot recovering from a fiery crash. No index or bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Publisher:

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About the Author:

Marion Stegeman Hodgson graduated from flight school in 1943 with the 318th Army Air Force's Flying Training Detachment in Sweetwater, Texas. She is the author of one novel, four cookbooks, and numerous magazine articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1557503648
• ISBN 13: 9781557503640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 257