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The thrilling, as-yet-untold history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War II.<br /><br />When Japanese planes executed a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort was a failed debutante hoping for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student had just taken off when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the US Army put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Fort was one of the first to respond. She became one of 1,900 women from across the nation--chosen from an application pool of more than 25,000--to converge on Sweetwater, Texas, to train for the U.S. Army Air Force in the hope of earning their silver wings.<br /><br />In <i>The Women with Silver Wings</i>, historian Kate Landdeck introduces us to these young women as they meet even-tempered, methodical Nancy Love an