The Women with Silver Wings

This is a bit different than other books on this topic in that it is a collection of stories about various women pilots, many of them were members of the 99. (The 99 was an organization of the first women pilots established by Amelia Earhart.) The book is well written and researched. I enjoyed the intimate stories of the various women rather than a board explanation of what the women pilots did in WWII. The first group that was developed was the Women Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS) organized and lead by Nancy Love. This was a smaller group of highly skilled women pilots with more than 500 hours in the more powerful planes. The other group was led by the famous aviatrix, Jacqueline Cochrane, and named Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Cochrane recruited not only licensed women pilots but women who wanted to learn to fly and the Army Air Corps trained them. Landdeck told the stories of the experience of fairly famous pilots but also of those who learned to fly in the program. The last section of the book is about their fight to prove they existed and to be recognized as WWII veterans. I am particularly interested in this topic because I have had several friends who were WASPs. Like so many that served in WWII, they have passed on and took their stories with them. The book is ten hours and fifty-three minutes. Gabra Zachman does a good job narrating the book. Zachman is an actress and audiobook narrator.

I had never before heard of the WASPs until there was a program on TV. I immediately went looking for a book on the subject and this is the first I found. As \” The Greatest Generation\” is leaving us in large numbers, it is so important, now more than ever, that their stories get told. I found myself in awe of each woman\’s story as it was told in \”The Women With Silver Wings\”. these women are heros and their with should never be forgotten. I, as a female medical officer in the US Navy, was inspired. It is OUR duty to remember!

I truly enjoyed this book written about the WASP women pilots. I would recommend this book to anyone I know. I\’m proud of all the work that these women have done.

Great Book of the history, I learned so much about women pilots. If you are interested in the history of women pilots I recommend this book.

I truly appreciate the WASP story being brought to my attention. I had no idea that these women ever existed and IM totally moved by what they went through. The narration was spot on and I could not have enjoyed the story more.

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