Spitfires Shirts ” First flown in May

” First flown in May 1990

[See the Museum's B-52 HERE]

Army drill instructor uniform

F-35 Lightning II

Die-cast metal F4U Corsair model aircraft

Spitfires Shirts ” First flown in MayDuring World War II, a remarkable group of American women took to the skies, defying both danger and convention. They were crop dusters, debutantes, college students, and barnstormersskilled pilots who were denied the chance to serve their own country because of their gender. When Great Britain opened its doors to anyone capable of ferrying warplanes, twenty five courageous young women crossed the Atlantic in 1942 to become the first American women to