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CountRumfordFRS t1_j9ry6kr wrote

Due to a control tower error she was killed in an air crash in 1944. Her brother was killed a couple of days later in combat in France.

Her family had to fight to have her and her brother buried in a cemetery in Portland Oregon, because of restrictions on where Asians could be interred.

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Matchanu t1_j9u9a90 wrote

My great aunt was a WASP pilot, made it through the war years, ended up dying in a plane crash in the 50’s. My understanding is that she was flying from Chicago to KC, got into some heavy/ low clouds, didn’t trust her instruments, and ended up in a corn field.

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