#2 Jean Pearson, pilot trainee in Women’s Flying Training Detachment to later join the all-civilian Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, using a beret & a ribbon-tied hair knot to keep hair fr. flying, in cockpit of trainer before takeoff at Avenger Field.

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

#2 Jean Pearson, pilot trainee in Women’s Flying Training Detachment to later join the all-civilian Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, using a beret & a ribbon-tied hair knot to keep hair fr. flying, in cockpit of trainer before takeoff at Avenger Field.

WWII