#1 Rebecca Edwards, 22, w. cream on her sunburned face & Lorena Daly, both pilot trainees in the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, sporting goggled leather helmets & G.I. coveralls as they lean against primary hangar fr. which they fly, at Avenger Field.

#1 Rebecca Edwards, 22, w. cream on her sunburned face & Lorena Daly, both pilot trainees in the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, sporting goggled leather helmets & G.I. coveralls as they lean against primary hangar fr. which they fly, at Avenger Field.

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

#1 Rebecca Edwards, 22, w. cream on her sunburned face & Lorena Daly, both pilot trainees in the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, sporting goggled leather helmets & G.I. coveralls as they lean against primary hangar fr. which they fly, at Avenger Field.

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