I do not know if this is real or a beat up but I would like to know more on it.

[RichardSuhkoi]

Agreed although this does not take away the fact that the bias of the time prevented recognition of the contribution to the war effort by groups like the women and the non-caucasians at the time.

I remember talking to veterans of WW2 who described a near paranoid zeal to watch for spies and saboteurs, with mention of death penalty. Access to aircraft I assume was very restricted and security was provided by "home guard" types who were primed to err to assume the worst. Murdering a female pilot and destroying an aircraft by sugaring fuel seems not credible, barring a psychotic person. I remember reading about a ferry pilot who used her flying skill to defeat enemy aircraft who was given less credit than many thought due.

 

[SaparotRob]

But well before that, there was clear evidence of sabotage of Brewster products. This included carefully modifying an F2A's rubber grommet that held the tailhook so that it seemed Okay but released when hit by an actual landing load and inspection covers tossed loose in the wings. Brewster used a downtown factory in New York and as a result no doubt employed man new immigrants.

If you saw the movie Coming to America, the building that housed Brewster is to the left of the phony McDonalds. It's on Queens Boulevard.
EDIT. I meant to the right.

 

[GreenKnight121]

I notice that these stories are coming out only after all but a few WASP pilots are safely dead and cannot contradict the BS.