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Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
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The Flight Girls
by Noelle Salazar
A novel looks at the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program and the heroic role women played in training military pilots who were being deployed to fight during World War II.
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Flygirl
by Sherri L. Smith
Dreaming of being a pilot her whole life, Ida Mae Jones sees her chance during World War II, but she cannot be accepted into the WASP because she is black, forcing Ida Mae to choose between her racial heritage and chasing her dream.
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Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight
by Amy Shira Teitel
The mostly-unknown tale of Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb-two accomplished aviatrixes, one generation apart, who each dreamed of being the first woman in space, but along the way battled their egos, their expectations, and ultimately the patriarchal society that stood between them and the stars.
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Girls of Flight City
by Lorraine Heath
Jessie, Lovelace, a talented female pilot in 1941 Texas discovers that her small-town, civilian flight school is secretly training British pilots for the RAF and fights to become an instructor.
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Glamour Girls
by Marty Wingate
Enlisting in the women’s Air Transport Authority during World War II, talented aviatrix Rosalie Wright heroically serves in the face of male skepticism before finding herself torn between a cynical, wisecracking playboy and a heartthrob fellow pilot.
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Her Last Flight
by Beatriz Williams
Investigating the fate of a forgotten aviation pioneer, a 1947 war correspondent tracks down the pilot’s former student before learning the remarkable story of their complicated and passionate relationship. By the best-selling author of The Golden Hour.
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The Night Witches
by Garth Ennis
As the German Army smashes deep into Soviet Russia and the defenders of the Motherland retreat in disarray a new squadron arrives at a Russian forward airbase. Like all night bomber units they will risk fiery death flying obsolete biplanes against the invader--but unlike the rest these pilots and navigators are women. In the lethal skies of the Eastern front they will become a legend--known to friend and foe alike as The Night Witches.
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