I just read an article about women pilots of WWII at CNN’s website. Very cool! Then I went to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) website and found a roster. I thought it would be a nice tribute to these heroines to share some of their great names with you. Maybe you’ll find a name you like.

  

FEMALE WWII AIRFORCE PILOTS (from the WASP Roster)

 

ADELA Scharr

ADELAIDE Schaefer

ADELINE Wolak

AILSA Connolly

ALBERTA Hunt

ALICE-JEAN May

ALTA Corbet

ANNABELLE Craft

ANNELLE Henderson

ANNIE Henry

AUDREY Tardy

AVA Hamm

BABETTE DeMoe

BERYL Owens

BETTY JANE Williams

BOBBYE Crain

BONNIE JEAN Dorsey

BYRD Granger

CARMEL LaTorra

CECILY Elmes

CHARLOTTE Mitchell

CLARA JO Marsh

CODYE GWEN Clinkscales

CORINNE Nienstedt

CORNELIA Fort

DAISY Vaghan

DAWN Rochow

DELLA Gremling

DELPHINE Bohn

DORA Dougherty

DORI Marland

EFFIE Pratt

ELIZABETH McKinley

ELSIE Dyer

ELVIRA Griggs

EMERAL Drummond

EMMA Coulter

ETTA MAE Hollinger

FRANCES Grimes

FRANKIE Lovvorn

GENEVA Slack

GENEVIEVE Landman

GEORGIA Gehring

GRACE Birge

GRETCHEN Gorman

HAZEL Pierce

IDA Carter

IMOGENE Barnes

INEZ Woodward

IOLA Clay

IRIS Cummings

JACQUELINE Lake

JARY Johnson

JIMMIE Parker

JULIA Eagan

JULIETTE Jenner

JUNE Braun

JUSTINE Fletcher

LANA Cusack

LAVINA BETH Lippincott

LEA OLA McDonald

LELA Loudder

LEOTTA Cook

LILA Moore

LOLO Perkins

LOVELLE Richards

LUCILLE Friesen

LUCY Dubiel

LYDA Dunham

MABEL Rawlinson

MABELLE Vincent

MADELYN Taylor

MAGDA Tacke

MAISIE KAY Cleverly

MARCELLA Fried

MARGUERITE Tuffin

MARILYN Hughes

MARY BELLE Ahlstrom

MAXINE Nolt

MAY Ball

MERRIDEE Newell

MICKIE Carmichael

MITTIE Parsley

MOYA Mitchell

MOZELLE Simpson

NADINE Canfield

NANETTE Hazeltine

NELLE Carmody

NEVA Calderwood

NINA Morrison

NORMA JANE Emerson

OLA Rexroat

OPAL VIVIAN Hicks

ORPHA Brunsvold

PEARL Brummett

PENELOPE Peirce

REBECCA Edwards

ROBBIE Grace

ROSA LEA Fullwood

ROSALIE Phillips

ROSE Reese

ROSINA Lewis

RUBY Mullins

RUTHMARY Buckley

SARA Chapin

SARABEL Booth

SIDNEY Miller

SOLANGE D’Hooghe

SONA Kierstead

STARLEY Grona

STELLA JO Baker

SUZETTE Van Daell

TWILA Edwards

URCELA Wald

VEGA Johnson

VELMA Saunders

VERA Cook

VERDA MAE Lowe

VIOLA Thompson

VIOLET Thurn

VIVIAN Cadman

WILDA Winfield

WILLIE JEWELL Peacock

WINNIE LEE Jones

YVONNE Stafford

ZELDA Lamer

 

 

Check out the WASP roster for these names and more.

 

Do you know a veteran with a great name? Share it here.

 

♥ Amanda

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