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Air Transport Auxiliary (British military aircraft ferry service, had many female pilots) Women's Army Corps (WAC) WAVES – Women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II; SPARS – Women's branch of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve during WWII; Ladies Courageous – 1944 film by John Rawlins
Rosie the Riveter (Westinghouse poster, 1942). The image became iconic in the 1980s. American women in World War II became involved in many tasks they rarely had before; as the war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale, the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable.
Naval Aircraft Factory: Flying boat: Patrol and search and rescue: April 1938 14 Lockheed Lodestar [11] Lockheed: Passenger aircraft Executive transport May 1940 8 NAF N3N-3 [12] Naval Aircraft Factory: Tandem Biplane: Trainer: December 1940 4 Vultee BT-13 Valiant [13] Vultee Aircraft: Tandem Monoplane: Trainer: 1942 11
The plot of the film revolves around the life of seamen on board an anonymous aircraft carrier. Because of war time restrictions, the name of the aircraft carrier was disguised as "the Fighting Lady", although she was later identified as USS Yorktown (CV-10). ("Fighting Lady" was the known moniker of the Yorktown, just as "Lady Lex" was for ...
The first classes with women graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, United States Coast Guard Academy, United States Military Academy, and the United States Naval Academy. Jean M. Butler is the first woman to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy; and later, thirteen other women graduate as part of class of 1980. [18]
World War II ended in 1945. The Women's Armed Services Integration Act (Pub. L. 80–625, 62 Stat. 356, enacted June 12, 1948) is a United States law that enabled women to serve as permanent, regular members of the armed forces, including the Navy. Prior to this act, women, with the exception of nurses, served in the military only in times of war.
Aircraft manufacturing went from a distant 41st place among American industries to first place in less than five years. [1] [2] [3] In 1939, total aircraft production for the US military was less than 3,000 planes. By the end of the war, America produced 300,000 planes. No war was more industrialized than World War II.
List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962) List of United States Army aircraft designations (1956–1962) List of United States Tri-Service aircraft designations; List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations; List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States