The Few: Women Who Flew the P-38 Volume 1

By Larry W. Bledsoe

When the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were disbanded on December 20, 1944, more than a thousand women had graduated from that pilot training program. Before the WASP program began, the Ferry Command started with 28 WAFS that are now known as the "Originals." At its peak, there were over 300 WASP serving in the Ferry Command of which only 26 flew Lockheed's famous fighter, the P-38 Lightning. From the time, we first met five of these charming ladies, questions lingered in my mind. Why so few of the thousand WASP got to fly the Lockheed Lightning? Who were these women? What was so special about them? Who were the WAFS, and what did they have to do with the WASP? Why did only those women in the Ferry Command fly the P-38? Why didn't the women start ferrying the P-38 until March 1944? What was different about flying the P-38 than other pursuit aircraft? These questions needed answers. This book answers these and other questions about The Few: Women who flew the P-38. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1543906125
• ISBN13: 9781543906127
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"