Katherine Sharp Landdeck

Many women served in the armed forces during WWII, but possibly no group is more compelling than those who flew planes for the Army Air Forces — later known as the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs. Katherine Sharp Landdeck tells their story in The Women With Silver Wings using a handful of specific women to emphasize the variety of backgrounds they came from, jobs they performed, hurdles they overcame, successes and failures they faced. Landdeck covers what happened before and during the war, but spends almost as much time on their battles for recognition once the war ended. Readers who enjoy American history and WWII will certainly find some new and enlightening information in this book.… (meer)