Women Proved to be Exceptional Pilots During WWII

With millions of men serving in WWII, the nation needed pilots to ferry planes from the factory to the air bases. That’s when Jackie Cochran proposed a novel idea: why not let women fly?

From the Series: America in Color: Made in the USA

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