Jacqueline Cochran Papers. 1930 - 1975. Women's Airforce Service Pilots' Files

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Jacqueline Cochran Papers. 1930 - 1975. Women's Airforce Service Pilots' Files

1941-1972

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/580930

This series contains correspondence, reports and printed material concerning the Women's Airforce Service Pilots, a program created to utilize women as ferry pilots for the Air Force during World War II. This series contains information on Jacqueline Cochran's early proposals for women ferry pilots, her 1941 bomber flight to England, the administration of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots program, and her role in the program; her personal files as Director of Women Pilots; historical reports and Congressional publications concerning the Air Force and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots program in World War II; records relating to pilot reunions; and records pertaining to pilots' efforts to join the Air Force Reserve.

Approximately 11,200 pages

eng, Latn

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6484579

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906?-1980

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Jacqueline Cochran, cosmetics executive and world-famous aviatrix, was the product of obscure origins. Born Bessie Pittman, born 1906/1908/1910, in northwest Florida (sources differ on her birth year). The Pittmans were and impoverished family that moved from one town to another in search of work. Even as a child, Bessie possessed an unusual amount of drive and ambition. She resented the limited opportunities available to her in such an environment, especially after she was told the Pittmans wer...