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On 8 October 1941, Order number 0099 specified the creation of three women's regiments—all personnel from technicians to pilots would be entirely composed of women. The other two regiments were the 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment, which used Yak-1 fighters, and the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment, which used twin engine Pe-2 dive bombers.
The farther the planes and crew were from headquarters or from the public eye, the racier the art tended to be. [2] For instance, nudity was more common in nose art on aircraft in the Pacific than on aircraft in Europe. [24] "Sharkmouth" Messerschmitt Bf 110C of ZG 76, May 1940 . Luftwaffe aircraft did not often display nose art, but there were ...
Used for night photography and carried flash flares for illumination. [11] RB-26L was assigned to two RB-26Cs that were modified in 1962 for night photography missions in South Vietnam. Assigned to Bien Hoa Air Base in March 1963, and were for a while the only aircraft in South Vietnam with any real night reconnaissance capability. [12]
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) (also Women's Army Service Pilots [2] or Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots [3]) was a civilian women pilots' organization, whose members were United States federal civil service employees. Members of WASP became trained pilots who tested aircraft, ferried aircraft and trained other pilots.
The British textile and clothing trades, in particular, employed far more women than men and were regarded as 'women's work.' [11] By 1914 nearly. 5.09 million out of the 23.8 million women in Britain were working. [12] Thousands worked in munitions factories (see Canary Girl, Gretna Girls), offices, and large hangars to build aircraft. [1]
Large aircraft with a pilot and an observer were used to scout enemy positions and bomb their supply bases. Because they were large and slow, these aircraft made easy targets for enemy fighter aircraft. As a result, both sides used fighter aircraft to both attack the enemy's two-seat aircraft and protect their own while carrying out their missions.
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II from the period between when the country joined the war and the time the country withdrew from it, or when the war ended.
Continental Airlines "The first all-women crew to command a wide-bodied commercial aircraft touched down in Sydney yesterday – and they were on time. Captain Lennie Borenson, 39, first officer Dorothy Clegg, 26, and second officer Karlene Ciprtano, 25, taxied their Continental DC-10 to the terminal at 6am after leaving Hawaii about 8pm on ...