WASP USAAF WWII
She was a graduate of AJB Business School.
She entered AAF flight training on 07 December 1943 at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX and graduated on 27 June 1944.
She had been stationed at La Vegas Army Air Field, Las Vegas, NV.
She was flying as a CoPilot in an AT-11, she was killed in the mountains near Las Vegas.
She was one of thirty-eight WWII WASPs killed while in the service of their country.
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On this day in 1944, WASP Beverly Moses, class 44-W-5 was killed flying for her counry.
Beverly was born December 21, 1922 in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduating from ALB Business School, she earned her pilot license and applied for WASP training. She entered flight training on December 7, 1943 and graduated on June 27, 1944. Her assignment was to Las Vegas Army Air Field
On July 18, 1944 in the mountains near Las Vegas, Beverly was flying co-pilot on an instrument training flight crew. The flight was diverted to search for a parachute reported near Mt. Charleston, but was never heard from again.
A search the next day found her aircraft's wreckage on the mountainside; Moses, Lt. Frank Smith, the pilot, and 4 other personnel were all killed in the crash. The airmen and pilot were sent home with an escort, an American flag and a life insurance payment. Their parents given the honor of hanging a gold star in their windows. After a campaign for donations to help send Beverly home, she was was eventually buried at the Oakdale Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa. There was no insurance, no gold star in her parents window and no American flag.
Let us never forget Beverly and the 37 other WASP killed flying for our country. Let us continue to honor them by living our lives by flying just a little higher in everything we do, because that's what they did.
for more on 'The Thirty-Eight'. visit http://www.wingsacrossamerica.org/in-memoriam.html
Contributor:
Neil - [email protected]
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Many thanks to contributor ShaneO for the kind assistance with Ms Moses' burial location.
She was a graduate of AJB Business School.
She entered AAF flight training on 07 December 1943 at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX and graduated on 27 June 1944.
She had been stationed at La Vegas Army Air Field, Las Vegas, NV.
She was flying as a CoPilot in an AT-11, she was killed in the mountains near Las Vegas.
She was one of thirty-eight WWII WASPs killed while in the service of their country.
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On this day in 1944, WASP Beverly Moses, class 44-W-5 was killed flying for her counry.
Beverly was born December 21, 1922 in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduating from ALB Business School, she earned her pilot license and applied for WASP training. She entered flight training on December 7, 1943 and graduated on June 27, 1944. Her assignment was to Las Vegas Army Air Field
On July 18, 1944 in the mountains near Las Vegas, Beverly was flying co-pilot on an instrument training flight crew. The flight was diverted to search for a parachute reported near Mt. Charleston, but was never heard from again.
A search the next day found her aircraft's wreckage on the mountainside; Moses, Lt. Frank Smith, the pilot, and 4 other personnel were all killed in the crash. The airmen and pilot were sent home with an escort, an American flag and a life insurance payment. Their parents given the honor of hanging a gold star in their windows. After a campaign for donations to help send Beverly home, she was was eventually buried at the Oakdale Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa. There was no insurance, no gold star in her parents window and no American flag.
Let us never forget Beverly and the 37 other WASP killed flying for our country. Let us continue to honor them by living our lives by flying just a little higher in everything we do, because that's what they did.
for more on 'The Thirty-Eight'. visit http://www.wingsacrossamerica.org/in-memoriam.html
Contributor:
Neil - [email protected]
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Many thanks to contributor ShaneO for the kind assistance with Ms Moses' burial location.
WASP USAAF WWII
She was a graduate of AJB Business School.
She entered AAF flight training on 07 December 1943 at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX and graduated on 27 June 1944.
She had been stationed at La Vegas Army Air Field, Las Vegas, NV.
She was flying as a CoPilot in an AT-11, she was killed in the mountains near Las Vegas.
She was one of thirty-eight WWII WASPs killed while in the service of their country.
——-
On this day in 1944, WASP Beverly Moses, class 44-W-5 was killed flying for her counry.
Beverly was born December 21, 1922 in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduating from ALB Business School, she earned her pilot license and applied for WASP training. She entered flight training on December 7, 1943 and graduated on June 27, 1944. Her assignment was to Las Vegas Army Air Field
On July 18, 1944 in the mountains near Las Vegas, Beverly was flying co-pilot on an instrument training flight crew. The flight was diverted to search for a parachute reported near Mt. Charleston, but was never heard from again.
A search the next day found her aircraft's wreckage on the mountainside; Moses, Lt. Frank Smith, the pilot, and 4 other personnel were all killed in the crash. The airmen and pilot were sent home with an escort, an American flag and a life insurance payment. Their parents given the honor of hanging a gold star in their windows. After a campaign for donations to help send Beverly home, she was was eventually buried at the Oakdale Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa. There was no insurance, no gold star in her parents window and no American flag.
Let us never forget Beverly and the 37 other WASP killed flying for our country. Let us continue to honor them by living our lives by flying just a little higher in everything we do, because that's what they did.
for more on 'The Thirty-Eight'. visit http://www.wingsacrossamerica.org/in-memoriam.html
Contributor:
Neil - [email protected]
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Many thanks to contributor ShaneO for the kind assistance with Ms Moses' burial location.
She was a graduate of AJB Business School.
She entered AAF flight training on 07 December 1943 at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX and graduated on 27 June 1944.
She had been stationed at La Vegas Army Air Field, Las Vegas, NV.
She was flying as a CoPilot in an AT-11, she was killed in the mountains near Las Vegas.
She was one of thirty-eight WWII WASPs killed while in the service of their country.
——-
On this day in 1944, WASP Beverly Moses, class 44-W-5 was killed flying for her counry.
Beverly was born December 21, 1922 in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduating from ALB Business School, she earned her pilot license and applied for WASP training. She entered flight training on December 7, 1943 and graduated on June 27, 1944. Her assignment was to Las Vegas Army Air Field
On July 18, 1944 in the mountains near Las Vegas, Beverly was flying co-pilot on an instrument training flight crew. The flight was diverted to search for a parachute reported near Mt. Charleston, but was never heard from again.
A search the next day found her aircraft's wreckage on the mountainside; Moses, Lt. Frank Smith, the pilot, and 4 other personnel were all killed in the crash. The airmen and pilot were sent home with an escort, an American flag and a life insurance payment. Their parents given the honor of hanging a gold star in their windows. After a campaign for donations to help send Beverly home, she was was eventually buried at the Oakdale Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa. There was no insurance, no gold star in her parents window and no American flag.
Let us never forget Beverly and the 37 other WASP killed flying for our country. Let us continue to honor them by living our lives by flying just a little higher in everything we do, because that's what they did.
for more on 'The Thirty-Eight'. visit http://www.wingsacrossamerica.org/in-memoriam.html
Contributor:
Neil - [email protected]
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Many thanks to contributor ShaneO for the kind assistance with Ms Moses' burial location.
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