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Girl Pilots/ Avenger Field

Peter Stackpole1943-07

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Flying instructor Helen Duffy (R) going over cockpit procedure w. one of her advance pilot trainees in the Women's Flying Training Detachment, as she trains them to qualify for the all-civilian Women's Auxilary Ferrying Squadron, at Avenger Field.

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  • Title: Girl Pilots/ Avenger Field
  • Date: 1943-07
  • Location: Sweetwater, TX, US
  • Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
  • Subject Keywords: Training, Us At War, Wafs, Women's Airforce Service Pilots, Women's Organizations, Personnel, Us Armed Forces, Women, 1940s
  • Publisher: TimeLife
  • Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
  • Provider: LIFE
  • Photographer: Peter Stackpole
  • Original ID: TimeLife_image_5586717
  • Credits: LIFE
  • Copyright: © Time Inc.
LIFE Photo Collection

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