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Class 43-W-4

Women Airforce Service Pilots

General Information

Graduated:  112 Graduation Date:  August 7, 1943
Entered Training:  151 Band: Midland AAF Band
Principal Speaker: 
Maj. Gen. Gerald C. Brant, CO, AAF/GCTC
M.C. Lt. Patrick B. McAnany, Intelligence Officer, 318th AAFFTD
Distinguished Guests: 
Jacqueline Cochran, Director, WASP/Air Staff

Lt. Col. E.D. Cassady, Aide to Maj. Gen. Brant

Graduates

Name: Maiden Name: Collection:
Baker, Nancy Lee   Bio, O.H.
Bane, Elizabeth B. * Mitchell  
Beith, Eleanor P. * Moriarity Bio
Berkstresser, Betty L. Heinrich Bio
Bishop, Edna Hines Pedlar Bio
Born, Martha H. * Bevins  
Bower, Julia S.  Sapp Bio
Brennan, Ann C. *    
Brown, Helen Jean LePoer Trench Bio
Brown, Mary Louise Bowden Bio
Burbeck, Genevieve "Jennie" (Longacre) * Brown Bio
Caldwell, Hazel W.  Pracht Bio
Calhoun, Helen B. "Peg"   Bio
Clair, Virginia *   Bio
Cleary, Mary Ann * Thielges Bio
Colburn, Dorothy R. *    
Collins, Bertha * Miller Bio
Cook, Vera *    
Cooke, Juanita * Bolish Bio
Cowden, Violet "Vi" Thurn Bio
Crout, Nancye Ruth Lowe Bio
Dickerson, Rosa Lea (Meek) Fullwood Bio
Diel, Dwight B. (Inman) * Hildinger Bio
Dirlam, Janet J. * Zuchowski Bio
Dodd, Bert H. *    
Edwards, Marian Jackson * Bradley Bio
Engle, Mary Edith   Bio
Fahy, Natalie L. * Ellis Bio
Fender, Grace Clark Bio, O.H.
Fliesbach, Jane * Waite Bio
Florey, Ruth T.  Underwood Bio
Ford, Maryalice L'Hommedieu Bio
Foy, Lauretta Beaty Bio
Gamber, Ruth I.   Bio
Grant, Mary E. Hines Bio
Grohman, Rosalie R. *    
Hagerstrom, Virginia Lee "Virgie" Jowell Bio, O.H.
Harris, Janice R. * Tate Bio
Heinrich, Barbara Willis  
Hickerson, Gwendolyne E.  Cowart Bio
Holben, Margery * Moore Bio, O.H.
Houser, Catherine M. *   Bio
Howerton, Constance * Llewellyn  Bio
Jenks, Joan M. * Trebtoske Bio, Mss. 289c
Jones, Rena D'Arcy * Wilkes Bio
Kafka, Cornelia Colby  
Karkau, Isabel M. Steiner Bio,Mss. 622c
Keefe, Lyda M. * Dunham Bio
Kelly, Willie Jewell (Throckmorton) * Peacock Bio
Kenny, Lydia N. * Lindner Bio
Kesti, Eileen Marjorie *  Roach Bio
King, Kittie Learning  
Krahn, Virginia (Hronek) Luttrell Bio, O.H.
Landis, Jean (White) * Landis Bio
Lazarsky, Barbara * Ward Bio
Lee, Hazel Ah Ying *   Bio
Lewis, Mary M. Rosso Bio
Lundy, Martha M.    Bio
Lundy, Sarah E. "Liz" * Pearce Bio
Lyman, Mary * Clifford Bio
Maddox, Marjorie "Margie" Heckle Bio
Manuel, Doris *    
Martin, Betty Louise * Naffz Bio
Mason, Viola * Thompson Bio
McConkey, Mary C.  Wilson Bio
Meikle, Mary Jane Stephens Bio
Meloney, Virginia Malany Bio
Mensching, Ruby E * Mullins Bio
Minton, Madge A. Rutherford Bio, Bio Mss. 299 Ltrs.
Moorman, Dorothea "Didi" Johnson Bio, Mss. 358, O.H.
Nelson, Mary Amanda * Bowles Bio
Newlon, Patricia L. (Shields) * Hanley  
Nichols, Eolyne Y. *    
Oates, Eunice S. *   Bio
Olsen, Dorothy Kocher Bio
Petto, June L. * Ellington Bio
Phillips, Martha J. (Munson) Potter  
Reiman, Jennie X. Hrestu Bio
Richards, Faith "Bucky" Buchner Bio, Mss.254, O.H.
Richmond, Henrietta *   Bio
Riviere, Margaret H. Reeves Bio
Robertson, Jeanne B.   Bio, Mss. 631c
Sargent, N. Frances Rohrer Bio, O.H.
Schaefer, Helen M. Hrestu Bio, Mss.477 
Scharlau, Autumn Geneva (Teague)* Slack Bio, Mss. 445c
Sharon, Ethel Marie *   Bio
Shultz, Dorothea G.   Bio
Sliker, Margaret * Bruns Bio
Snapp, Helen Wyatt   Bio
Stadler, Patti M. (Owsley) * Canada  
Staples, Nancy E. Nesbit  
Starr, Alice-Jean May Bio
Steele, Frances (Rabun) Sanderson Bio
Strehle, Katherine S. * Loft Bio
Sweet, Virginia L. "Ginger" (Disbrow) Sweet Bio
Talcott, Alice Jane *    
Thomas, Alta Corbett Bio
Tilton, Mary Josephine (Baker) Farley Bio, Mss. 368c
Titland, Kathleen Kelly  
Trebing, Mary E. *   Bio
Tucker, Marcella J.  Fatjo  
Van Lorn, Isabel "Pete" Madison Bio, Mss. 487c
Volkomener, Martha V. Lawson Bio
Walters, Esther N. Reinholdt Bio
Watry, Virginia * Harris Bio
Watson, Ann Howell Bio
Wierzbcki, Violet S. NA Bio
Wiggins, Mary L. * Wiggins Bio
Wood, Betty * Taylor Bio, Mss. 301c
Wood, Virginia Hill Bio
Woods, Inez S. Woodward Bio
Wortz, Eleanor E. Thompson Bio

Trainees

Bingham, Betty Atkins (Bennett) Jackson, Vale I. Richards, Elizabeth
Bradshaw, Maurine Jensen, Alyce Richey, Jean d'Arc (Christian)
Bruce, Martha C. Kennedy, Nora Rosenthal, Bernice
Carrol, Mary B. Koutz, Margaret L. Schmitt, Patricia
Champlin, Jane Leary, Ruby Lee Selby, Marjorie J.
Chaney, Olive Leavitt, Lois E. (Splinter) Simmons, Jeanette
Cooper, Marion L. Loban, Jane (Lorenz) Sink, Margaret W.
Deutchman, Bernice A. Mapes, Frances D. Swetitch, Teresa (Hickernell)
Drance, Dorthy A. McClain, Ruth Tipton, Margaret N.
Ehlers, Frances McEnroe, Kathryn Traber, Stella
Fager, Alice Eugene Oldenburg, Margaret ** White, Lillian M.
Harkins, Nellie P. Poggianiti, W. Lee Young, Ruth M.
Hawks, Nellie V. Powell, Mary  
Holmes, Patricia B. (Poppaw) Rhoads, Doris (Lockness)  

Notes

* indicates deceased.
** indicates killed in training
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