Posted on Mar 22, 2022
#VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Forces Veteran Gertrude Tompkins Silver - VAntage Point
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. In this day and age, one would think the remains of her and that of a WWII war plane would have been found by now. In any case, may this very brave WASP rest in peace.
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SSG Bill McCoy
It does seem odd that her or her plane have never been found. I guess it speaks to just how vast some areas in the U.S. are. If her aircraft horrifically crashed, by now, finding any remnants would probably be accidental. Some forest areas are remote and have probably never visited/explored by humans.
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PHOTOS: (1) WASPs (from left) Frances Green, Margaret Kirchner, Ann Waldner, and Blanche Osborn head for Lockbourne Army Airfield, Ohio's operations building after ferrying a Boeing B-17E to the base. (2) WASP Barbara Jane Erickson gets some last-minute instructions from Evelyn Sharp before ferrying an A-36 Apache (forerunner of the P-51 Mustang) to turn over to the USAAF. (3) WASP Ruth Dailey prepares to ferry a P-38G Lightning for delivery to the USAAF. (4) WASP Florene Watson at the controls of a P-51D at the North American Aviation factory in Inglewood, Calif., prepares for a ferry flight to a USAAF base. (5) Walt Disney Studios created the WASP mascot "Fifinella."
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Brave women from the greatest generation. And our military still has many brave and very talented patriots.
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