[Pilots and crew with Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Ladybird"]

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Identifier1986-12-09-A_image_002Parts1986-12-09-A_image_002_01SourceThe Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs (1986-12-09-A)DescriptionPhotographic group portrait of pilots and crew, including two members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Ladybird," Eglin Field, Florida, June 1944. From left to right: Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr, Dorothea J. Moorman, Dora J. Dougherty, Sergeant Raymond Gallagher, Sergeant Don Duzenbury, Sergeant Floyd A. Lemley, Sergeant Wade H. Wolfe, and Sergeant Henry Ellis. The plane's designation is painted on the fuselage, along with Fifinella, a female gremlin designed by Walt Disney and used by the WASP organization.

Caption on verso: "Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) Mrs. Dorothea J. Moorman and Miss Dora J. Dougherty, Sgts. Gallagher, Duzenbury, Lemley, Wolfe and Ellis. Photograph taken at Eglin Field, Fla. June 1944 prior to WASPs taking the B-29 'Ladybird' on a demonstration tour. Emblem on aircraft is 'Fifinella,' a lady gremlin, designed by Walt Disney for the WASP organization."

Inscription: "(PG-27: June: 44-4148). Restricted."Creation Date1944-06SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.).Strother, Dora Jean Dougherty, 1921- Moorman, Dorothea J.Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345)Airplanes, MilitaryAir pilots, MilitaryWomen air pilotsEglin Air Force Base (Fla.)PlaceFloridaUnited StatesLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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