#3 Flying instructor Helen Duffy (R) going over cockpit procedure w. one of her advance pilot trainees in the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, as she trains them to qualify for the all-civilian Women’s Auxilary Ferrying Squadron, at Avenger Field.

#3 Flying instructor Helen Duffy (R) going over cockpit procedure w. one of her advance pilot trainees in the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, as she trains them to qualify for the all-civilian Women’s Auxilary Ferrying Squadron, at Avenger Field.

Girl Pilots Training Flights at Avenger Field in 1943: Learning to Fly Military Aircraft for the War Effort

#3 Flying instructor Helen Duffy (R) going over cockpit procedure w. one of her advance pilot trainees in the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, as she trains them to qualify for the all-civilian Women’s Auxilary Ferrying Squadron, at Avenger Field.

WWII

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