Nancy Batson Crews

by Rickman, Sarah Byrn

• ISBN13: 9780817355531
• ISBN10: 0817355537
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-02
• Publisher: Fire Ant Books

Summary

World War II offered women the opportunity to contribute to the work of the country, and Nancy Batson Crews made the most of her talents and opportunities. In love with flying from the time she first saw Charles Lindbergh in Birmingham (October 1927), Crews was chosen in 1939 as one of only five women to undergo Civilian Pilot Training at The University of Alabama. Later, Crews qualified as an ""Original"" Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) pilot, employed to shuttle P-38, P-47, and P-51 high-performance aircrafts to and from factories, staging areas, and training sites. In a postwar career that was unusual for women, Crews continued to fly, from gliders to turbojets to J-3 Cubs, in California and Alabama. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Sarah Byrn Rickman is a freelance journalist and award-winning author of Flight from Fear and The Originals: The Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II.

Jane Kirkpatrick is an international keynote speaker and author of 15 historical novels, including A Flickering Light and Aurora: An American Experience in Quilt, Community, and Craft.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword by Jane Kirkpatrick	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Boys, I've Brought You a Real Lemon	p. 6
Daughter of Alabama	p. 11
Flight!	p. 20
The WAFS	p. 29
The Best of All Jobs	p. 39
Women in Pursuit	p. 51
The Question of Militarization	p. 63
The Best and Worst of Times	p. 68
Beyond the War: Life Goes On	p. 75
The Pain of Change	p. 83
Gliding: Better Than Sex!	p. 92
Paul and the WASP	p. 98
Passing the Torch: Radford Learns to Fly	p. 108
California City	p. 115
Lake Country Estates	p. 121
Enhancing the Legacy	p. 129
Nancy and the Planes She Ferried	p. 137
The Reunion	p. 141
From Cub to King Air	p. 149
Pneumonia, or Something Worse?	p. 157
Terminal	p. 165
Alabama Women's Hall of Fame	p. 172
Redemption	p. 176
Paul Jr.	p. 181
Epilogue	p. 182
Notes	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 197
Index	p. 203
Index of Airplanes that Nancy Flew	p. 209
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