Date: February 26, 2015
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Campbell Arts Center
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Category: Convocation
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American women made many contributions in World War II. Some even joined the fight before America officially went to war. In the summer of 1941, American aviator Jacqueline Cochran flew a bomber to England and studied how English women pilots were aiding the war effort. The next year, Cochran led a group of American women pilots to England where they joined the British Air Transport Auxiliary, a branch of the Royal Air Force. These twenty-five women were some of the first Americans to join the fight against Nazi Germany. Their success paved the way for other women pilots wishing to join the war effort.