Jacqueline Cochran, first lady of flight : production material, ca. 1973.

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Jacqueline Cochran, first lady of flight : production material, ca. 1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62451978

Charcoal and watercolor studies. A biography of the woman pilot who organized and commanded the Women's Airforce Service Pilots during World War II and became the first civilian woman to receive the Distinguished Service Medal.

Illustrations: 16 items.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7815599

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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