{"product_id":"the-women-with-silver-wings-the-inspiring-true-story-of-the-women-airforce-service-pilots-of-world-war-ii","title":"The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the fate of the free world hanging in the balance  women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which  at long last  these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.Liza Mundy  New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls  A powerful story of reinvention  community and ingenuity born out of global upheaval.Newsday  When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941  Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two  Fort had escaped Nashvilles debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall  and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still  when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort  Fort was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1 100 women from across the nation to make it through the Armys rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings.  The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran  the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their countryand to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat  the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad  and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses  Love and Cochrans social experiment seemed to be a resounding successuntil  with the tides of war turning  Congress clipped the womens wings. The program was disbanded  the women sent home. But the bonds theyd forged never failed  and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they wereand for their place in history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986206912565,"sku":"ByrdShop_1524762814","price":27.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781524762810.jpg?v=1770892191","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-women-with-silver-wings-the-inspiring-true-story-of-the-women-airforce-service-pilots-of-world-war-ii","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}