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  Fly Girls | Primary Source

  Letters and Articles Written by WASPS and WAFS

  Read an article written by Cornelia Fort, the first American woman pilot to die flying a military aircraft, and excerpts from Madge Rutherford Minton's and Mary Anna Martin Wyall's letters home.

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  Fly Girls | Digital Short

  The Women of Avenger Field

  During WWII, more than 1,000 women left homes and jobs and became the first females to fly for the U.S. military.

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  Fly Girls | Primary Source

  WASP Songbook

  Songs written and sung by the WASPS