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‘Spitfires’ author recounts little-known story of World War II’s American women pilots
Carlsbad’s Nancy Stratford, now 106, is the last survivor of the 25 American women pilots who served in the Royal Air Force’s ...
Carlsbad pilot is sole U.S. survivor of WWII women’s flying auxiliary
When author Becky Aikman decided in 2019 to write a book about the 25 American female pilots who flew planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II, she discovered that all but one of the women ...