Silver Wings and Forgotten Skies: Reclaiming the Legacy of America's Wartime Women Pilots
They flew the same aircraft as their male counterparts, logged thousands of combat-aircraft ferry hours, and died in the service of their country — yet the Women Airforce Service Pilots were denied veteran status for more than three decades after World War II ended. Their story is one of courage, institutional erasure, and a long-overdue reckoning that museums and historians are still working to complete.