Girls and Aircraft - Volume II

[johnbr]

WASP (from left) Frances Green, Margaret Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their B-17, called Pistol Packin' Mama, during ferry training at Lockbourne Army Air Force base in Ohio. They're carrying their parachutes.

 

[herman1rg]

The new B-2 pilots.

They will get cold flying dressed like that!

 

[Wayne Little]

Those are great shots...

 

[Njaco]

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Great stuff guys. Keep'em coming!

 

[johnbr]

C-46 manila full of wounded 1945


The Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C. Known to the men who flew them as "The Whale," or the "Curtiss Calamity," [2] the C-46 served a similar role as its counterpart, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, but was not as extensively produced. At the time of its production, the C-46 was the largest twin-engine aircraft in the world, and the largest and heaviest twin-engine aircraft to see service in WWII.

After World War II, a few surplus C-46 aircraft were briefly used in their original role as passenger airliners, but the glut of surplus C-47s dominated the marketplace with the C-46 soon relegated to primarily cargo duty. The type continued in U.S. Air Force service in a secondary role until 1968. However, the C-46 continues in operation with Buffalo Airways as a rugged cargo transport for Arctic and remote locations with its service life extended into the 21st century

 

[johnbr]

Elizabeth Gardner WASP pilot in a B-26 Maurader

 

[Matt308]

Yes she is...

 

[johnbr]

women's Auxiliary Air Force


An unknown girl is the pilot (WAAF women's Auxiliary Air Force) . Although women did not participate directly in the battle, 166 women served in the support of air transport, moving aircraft from factories to bases, the aircraft is a Fairey Albacore.

 

[Wayne Little]

Wow, some rather Great pics!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Way to go ladies.

 

[Airframes]

Great pics.
BTW, the women pilots ferrying RAF aircraft were normally ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary), not WAAF, the latter being a branch of the RAF, serving in ground roles.

 

[johnbr]

8)Female Lockheed employee working on a P-38 Lightning, Burbank, California, 1944

 

[Matt308]

I love those old Life staged photos.

 

[razor1uk]

Some more crackin shots posted guys
Elsie Mckay... a great pity, she looks quite minx-like in her oversuit with that expression...
I wonder if the shades guy infront of the Texan/SN is showing off his self-painted nails to the gals around him?

 

[Airframes]

Yep, those posed photos "I'll just pretend to be working on this aircraft, by using a screw-driver on a perfectly good recessed rivet, for no understandable or meaningful reason".

 

[v2]

 

[Wayne Little]

oh, that's nice....

 

[Njaco]

yes it is. And they say theres a Hurri in the pic................

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

They will say anything won't they.