DickweedMcGee t1_ixf8ab7 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 12:05 AM

Reply to comment by breetome in WASP pilot Nancy Nesbit seated in the cockpit of an AT-6 Texan at Love Field in Dallas, 1944. Colorized. by ectheow3

Dangerous work too. These were high performance aircraft with 1940s reliability, safety equipment and non-computerized traffic control. 38 WASP pilots lost their lives in WWII, some MIA to this day.

breetome t1_ixf8jh5 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 12:06 AM

Good point. They had to actually be pretty damn brave to do this.

deepaksn t1_ixfht6k wrote on November 23, 2022 at 1:21 AM

Yep.

Except for the bomber crews… I believe that more men were killed in training and non-operational accidents than were by the enemy.