Posted on Mar 10, 2022
Renée Zellweger to Star in TV Drama About World War II’s WASPs
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Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger will produce and star in a one-hour dramatic series called "Avenger Field" for the streaming service Peacock. The show will tell the story of the all-female WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) unit started by the Army Air Force during World War II. Zellweger is set to play Jackie Cochran, one of the most prominent female pilots of the 1930s. Cochran flew for Britain in the early days of the war and spearheaded the creation of the WASP program in 1943.
Renée Zellweger to Star in TV Drama About World War II’s WASPs
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If you are interested...this is a great book about those women pilots
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II Hardcover – April 21, 2020 Katherine Sharp Landdeck (Author)
SMSgt Anil Heendeniya Sgt (Join to see) CPL Annette Bryant-Grimenstein SGT Mary G. SFC (Join to see) MSgt Gloria Vance CPL Linda B. Col Dona Marie Iversen SSgt Alia Schenck COL (Join to see) TSgt Pennie Snyder SrA (Join to see)
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II Hardcover – April 21, 2020 Katherine Sharp Landdeck (Author)
SMSgt Anil Heendeniya Sgt (Join to see) CPL Annette Bryant-Grimenstein SGT Mary G. SFC (Join to see) MSgt Gloria Vance CPL Linda B. Col Dona Marie Iversen SSgt Alia Schenck COL (Join to see) TSgt Pennie Snyder SrA (Join to see)
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SGT Mary G.
Checked this website and found a good photo!
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilot_s_WASP-3
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilot_s_WASP-3
Jackie Cochran with WASP trainees
Image of Women Airforce Service Pilot's (WASP),.
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SGT Mary G.
. . . and someone has done a lot of work starting a page in time for Women's month: Women Airforce Service Pilot's (WASP)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Women_Airforce_Service_Pilot%27s_(WASP)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Women_Airforce_Service_Pilot%27s_(WASP)
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It's good to know this is in the works! Their story's been given short shrift in the past, and it's a great part of history that needs to be told. General Yeager--who'd come to the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base for his biannual Repatriated Prisoner of War physicals, would engage in different war stories, and Jackie Cochran was "one of the best pilots I knew," as he'd say, with that famous sparkle in his eye.
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SGT Mary G.
There is the start of a genealogical profile for Jackie Cochran . . . so far only facts as the "bio" https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pittman-2023
Bessie Lee (Pittman) Cochran (1906-1980) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for Jackie (Pittman) Cochran born 1906 Muscogee, Florida, USA died 1980 Indio, California, USA including research + children + 3 photos + more in the free family tree community.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown With all that talent involved in the film it promises to be well worth watching! Until the film is finished, C-Span give us this: The Women with Silver Wings
"Katherine Sharp Landdeck provided a history of the female pilots who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the National World War II Museum."
"Katherine Sharp Landdeck provided a history of the female pilots who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the National World War II Museum."
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SMSgt Anil Heendeniya
I still don't think this nation has done enough to thank, compensate, and properly celebrate the brave WASPs who served with fidelity, gutsy determination, exemplary patriotism, and personal sacrifice--money, morale, etc., footing the bill for their own uniforms, taking up collections for their fallen comrades, etc., etc. Congress et. al. tend to move the wheels at a snail's pace as their "Do List" items travel further down in their assigned priority without either taxpayers' attention or their biggest donors' support.
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SGT Mary G.
I agree - moreso after watching and listening to an excellent 45minute C-SPAN interview of the author of the book! Every minute was interesting. Thanks to Lt Col Charlie Brown sharing the information, I got carried away finding checking out resources about the the women I had never heard of. lol.
(link says error but it works)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?471832-1/the-women-silver-wings
(link says error but it works)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?471832-1/the-women-silver-wings
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