VIOLET COWDEN (94) former member of the US Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), civilian pilots under contract to the military who ferried aircraft from factories to US military bases and points of embarkation during World War II, freeing up male pilots for combat missions. Cowden died of congestive heart failure in Newport Beach, California on April 10, 2011.
She flew 19 different types of aircraft, logging enough miles with the Women Airforce Service Pilots to have flown around the world 55 times by her estimate. She was the subject of a documentary film, 'Wings of Silver.'
http://fc-oc.org/speakers/violet-cowden
She flew 19 different types of aircraft, logging enough miles with the Women Airforce Service Pilots to have flown around the world 55 times by her estimate. She was the subject of a documentary film, 'Wings of Silver.'
http://fc-oc.org/speakers/violet-cowden
VIOLET COWDEN (94) former member of the US Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), civilian pilots under contract to the military who ferried aircraft from factories to US military bases and points of embarkation during World War II, freeing up male pilots for combat missions. Cowden died of congestive heart failure in Newport Beach, California on April 10, 2011.
She flew 19 different types of aircraft, logging enough miles with the Women Airforce Service Pilots to have flown around the world 55 times by her estimate. She was the subject of a documentary film, 'Wings of Silver.'
http://fc-oc.org/speakers/violet-cowden
She flew 19 different types of aircraft, logging enough miles with the Women Airforce Service Pilots to have flown around the world 55 times by her estimate. She was the subject of a documentary film, 'Wings of Silver.'
http://fc-oc.org/speakers/violet-cowden
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