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Women pilots is WW2 WASPS
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:56 pm
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
Thanks Friends
Harry
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:10 pm
by Daniel Leahy
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
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:40 pm
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