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01922cam a2200421 a 4500 001 60507C782AFA11DEBAFE5107A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20230408010049 008 980805s1999 dcua b f001 0aeng 010 $a 98039772 020 $a 9781560988427 (alk. paper) 020 $a 1560988428 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d OCL $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d IWV $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D790 $b .C272 1999 082 00 $a 940.54/4973/082 $2 21 100 1 $a Carl, Ann. 245 1 $a A WASP among Eagles : $b a woman military test pilot in World War II / $c Ann B. Carl. 260 $a Washington : $b Smithsonian Institution Press, $c c1999. 300 $a x, 132 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 127) and index. 520 $a The memoir of a woman test pilot in World War II. The author belonged to a corps of women pilots on the home front who for the most part delivered planes and tested repaired ones. In her case, however, she experimentally tested the B-29 Superfortress and the Bell YP-59A jet fighter. After the war she became a journalist and sailor, sailing all the way to Turkey. 600 10 $a Carl, Ann. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives, American. 610 20 $a Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women air pilots $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women test pilots $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 7 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611021042.0 952 $l NWPC663 $d 20230720010614.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180119031617.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160819065652.0 952 $l JLPF081 $d 20150213080856.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=60507C782AFA11DEBAFE5107A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search