#6 Jean Landis, a member of the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, reading while using her parachute for a pillow as she relaxes between instrument training flights at Avenger Field.

#6 Jean Landis, a member of the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, reading while using her parachute for a pillow as she relaxes between instrument training flights at Avenger Field.

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

#6 Jean Landis, a member of the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, reading while using her parachute for a pillow as she relaxes between instrument training flights at Avenger Field.

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