Women pilots is WW2 WASPS

Details about those listed as missing or killed in the Pacific, including current search operations.

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Women pilots is WW2 WASPS

Post by norge »

Can someone refresh me on the amount of womem pilots killed in WW2
WASPS I seem to remember there were quite a few
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Harry

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Here's a summary of the stats that I've found doing a quick Google search:
http://www.twu.edu/wasp/wasp_facts.htm

25,000 applied
1,830 accepted
1,074 graduated
38 died
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Post by norge »

Thanks much Daniel.
A short while ago, one of the Wasps passed away in my town and it did show how many about died in WW2 and it was very close to your answer
but in my old age I could not remember
Thanks again
Harry

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