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Highlights
- Three fictional young women, each with a connection to a real historic woman flyer, join the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) in World War II to fly aircraft for the U.S Army Air Forces.
- Author(s): Sarah Byrn Rickman
- 266 Pages
- History, Military
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About the Book
Three fictional young women, each with a connection to a real historic woman flyer, join the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) in World War II to fly aircraft for the U.S Army Air Forces.
Book Synopsis
Three fictional young women, each with a connection to a real historic woman flyer, join the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) in World War II to fly aircraft for the U.S Army Air Forces. They are destined to fly "the big ones". Two get a crack at the B-17 - the vaunted Flying Fortress --- and all three end up ferrying the mighty pursuit --- fighter --- aircraft from the factories to the U.S. ports on the Atlantic and Pacific, from which the aircraft are shipped abroad to combat areas. Their access to real leaders in the WAFS gives each of three the inside view of how the war is going and how the program is progressing. Each has her own flight to destiny while in service and, together, the three of them embark on a flight to destiny that will change the post war lives of all three. The real story of the real WAFS is told through the eyes of these three fictional, but very believable characters, as the book follows events from Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, through the Victory over Germany May 8, 1945, and beyond.
Review Quotes
I was one of Nancy Love's ferry pilots, flying those lovely P-51s out of Long Beach. No one but a WASP ferry pilot understands what it was like, but Sarah's book gets down to the grass roots and rings true with me. Flight to Destiny is a great read. WASP Jean Landis, Class 43-4 Hey, this is a great book! Sarah has captured the essence of our WASP sisterhood. I was totally absorbed in the backstory of the combined efforts that made it possible. WASP Jean Terrell Moreo McCreery Class 44-10 "Finally, the story of the original WAFS - and as fiction, to better explain what the experience really felt like for these amazing women! The WAFS/WASP were real aviation pioneers and had a big impact on the air war. Mom would have been very pleased!" Terry London Rinehart, daughter of WAFS Barbara "BJ" Erickson London