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Iris C. Cummings Critchell in WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) uniform in 1944. A former Olympic swimmer in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, she also worked as a flight instructor before joining the WAFS and then the WASP. She raced airplanes competitively in the 1950’s, then with her husband helped found the Bates Aeronautics program at Harvey Mudd College in 1962.

RIP today at 104 years old.

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#WW2: These two SPAR cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut take a lively interest in their trip aboard a “Jeep of the Deep”, an 83-foot Coast Guard patrol craft. The two future SPAR officers are Leila Leverett, left, and Helen D. Darland. 📷(Photo source: U.S. Coast Guard; Public Domain. WomenofWWII.com) #books #ww2 #American #history #writer #worldwar2 #Connecticut #America #amwriting #photography #vintage #goodreads #writersofinstagram #journals #nonfiction #biography #memoirs #wwii #veterans #womenshistory #supportourtroops #thankyouveterans #bookstagram 📚 https://www.instagram.com/p/BnhuB93FucT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1la9y7m1vlb1y

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WACS arrive at VIII Bomber Command in England, 27 July 1943. http://womenofwwii.com/armywacs.html