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What job did Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron pilots perform?

They ferried aircraft to needed locations.

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  1. Delivered aircraft between locations ✔
  2. Built airport control towers
  3. Directed ships by radio

Why: The squadron's women pilots moved aircraft from one place to another. Ferry work placed airplanes where operational units needed them.

Huh, didn't know that: Nancy Harkness Love led the WAFS, which joined the WASP in 1943.

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Answer: Delivered aircraft between locations. The squadron's women pilots moved aircraft from one place to another. Ferry work placed airplanes where operational units needed them.

  1. Women Airforce Service Pilots, National Park Service www.nps.gov/articles/000/women-airforce-service-pilots-wasp.htm
    They transported thousands of planes from the factories that built them to the military bases that sent them to the front, a process known as “ferrying.”
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. Women Airforce Service Pilots, National Park Service www.nps.gov/articles/000/women-airforce-service-pilots-wasp.htm
    The AAF first created two organizations, the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and the Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD). They merged to form the WASP in 1943.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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