The Snapshots in Time Collection

Civilian Pilot Training Class of 1942 with Instructor Evelyn Sharp, McAleer Album

Civilian Pilot Training Class of 1942 with Instructor Evelyn Sharp, McAleer Album

This 1942 scrapbook page documents a Civilian Pilot Training class and its instructor, Evelyn Sharp, who later became one of the original Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Sharp was killed in April 1944 when the P-38 Lightning she was ferrying crashed, one of 38 WASP pilots who died in service during World War II. Project: 218187