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Class 43-W-2 Women Airforce Service Pilots
General Information
Graduated: 43	Graduation Date: May 28th, 1943
Entered Training: 60	Band: Big Spring Bombardier School Band
Principal Speaker: Col. J. Hills, Adj. Gen and Exec. Officer, AAFFTC M.C.: Maj. Landon E. McConnell, Co, 318th AAFFTD, Avenger Field	Distinguished Guests: Jacqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots Maj. Francis Healy, Public Relations Officer AAFFTC Capt. H.G. Gibbone, CO, 319th AAFFTC Maj. L. W. Jurdan AAFFTC
Graduates
Name:	Maiden Name:	Collection:
Adie, Lewise D.*	Coleman	Bio
Anderson, Ann Ross *	Kary
Boylan, Margaret E.	Kerr	Bio
Bridge, Catherine "Cappy"	Vail	Bio
Brown, Marion (Betzler)	Schorr	Bio, Mss. 510, O.H.
Buehner, Betty J. *	Bachman	Bio
Carter, Norma Jane	Emerson	Bio
Chaffey, Lois Kathrin "Kay" (Moore)	Gott	Bio, Mss. 473c
Coleman, Dorothy Lewise	Adie
Critchell, Iris	Cummings	Bio
Darnell, Barbara *	Russell	Bio
de Barnard, Katherine *
Dickerson, Patricia A. *
Disney, Virginia "Gini" (Whisonant)	Alleman	Bio
Erickson, Patricia A.	Chadwick	Bio
Fillmore, Carol*		Bio
Genaro, Marie	Muccie	Bio
Gery, Ellen*		Mss. 330c
Gustavson, Frances *	Dias	Bio
Harden, Emily	Hiester	Bio
Hawkins, Ruth *	Thompson	Bio
Helm, Ruth*	Dailey	Bio, O.H.
Hill, Geraldine B. *	Masinter	Bio
Hinds, Alma Marie*	Jerman	Bio
Huber, Mary (Graves)	Darling	Bio
Joiner, Ethel "Betty"	Eames	Bio
Lamer, Zelda*
Loop, Paula Ruth *		Bio, Mss. 270
Maier, Melvina K.		Bio
McArdle, Rita *	Moynahan	Bio
McKay, Mary Catherine "Jary" (Rudolph)	Johnson	Bio, Mss. 590c, O.H.
Moffatt, Virginia*		Bio
Nichols, Dorothy Mae *		Bio
O'Brien, Mary Tufts *	Trotman	Bio
Pinkley, Avanell *		Bio
Reynolds, Ruth	Franckling	Bio
Roberson, Florence E. "Pat"	Lawler	Bio
Rownd, Helen (Hooks)	Ricketts	Bio, Mss. 590, O.H.
Rupley, Martha (Davis)*	Wagenseil	Bio
Smith, Elizabeth (Rummerfield)	Whitlow	Bio Mss. 540c, O.H.
Stone, Helen *	Trotman	Bio
Trees, Ruth Grimm *		Bio
Tunner, Margaret Ann	Hamilton	Bio
Vanderpoes, Lila B. *	Chapman
Trainees
Altree, Mabel	Brown, Lamona [Cervenka]	Swetich, Theresa Ruth [Lee]
Booth, Kay	Jacobs, Georgia F. [Martin]	Ulmer, Geraldine [Mickelsen]
Broadfield, Dorothy [Monathan]	Leone, Suzanee [Higgins]	Weyell, Virginia
Notes
Class 43-2 completed flying training at the 319th AAFFTD, Municipal Airport, Houston. Members then flew in AT-6s and AT-17s to Avenger, Field, Sweetwater, Texas, the 318th AAFFTD.
Four women pilots [Martha Lundy, Eolyne Nichols, Martha Potter, and Alice Talcott] entered training with this class but graduated with 43-4.
Three trainee names have been lost and are not included
* indicates deceased.