Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Des Moines, Iowa
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
CLASS: 44-W-5. ENTERED TRAINING TO BECOME A WASP (WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS) ON DECEMBER 7, 1943 AND GRADUATED ON JUNE 27, 1944 AT AVENGER FIELD IN SWEETWATER, TEXAS. SHE WAS STATIONED AT LAS VEGAS ARMY AIR FIELD, NEVADA. WHILE FLYING AS THE CO-PILOT IN AN AT-11, SHE WAS KILLED IN A CRASH IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR LAS VEGAS ON JULY 18, 1944.