Museum of Flight's Women Aviators in WWII
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Museum of Flight's Women Aviators in WWII
Russian and American World War II female aviators will share personal accounts of their work in the war during a panel discussion at 2 p.m. Saturday, Museum of Flight, 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle. The program is free with museum admission, $7.50-$14.
The American women were members of Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP), and the Russians were members of the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment. They were known by their enemy as the "Night Witches" because of their tactic of cutting off their engines and gliding silently over the targets to release their bombs. Numbering more than 1,000, the WASP fliers ferried aircraft from factories to air bases throughout the United States and Canada from 1942-1944.
Also at the museum on Saturday, check out the Seattle Airlines Collectibles Show from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Show admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children 6-15. Museum admission is not included.
For more information, check the museum's Web site, www.museumofflight.org.
The American women were members of Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP), and the Russians were members of the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment. They were known by their enemy as the "Night Witches" because of their tactic of cutting off their engines and gliding silently over the targets to release their bombs. Numbering more than 1,000, the WASP fliers ferried aircraft from factories to air bases throughout the United States and Canada from 1942-1944.
Also at the museum on Saturday, check out the Seattle Airlines Collectibles Show from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Show admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children 6-15. Museum admission is not included.
For more information, check the museum's Web site, www.museumofflight.org.
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