By Bob McCullough
As the crisis of World War II swept the nation, Dorothy Ann Smith Lucas—affectionately known as Dottie—and 1,102 other Women Airforce Service Pilots(WASP) of the Greatest Generation—didn’t realize they would serve as trailblazers for women in aviation.
…And the men who made the plane that trained the flyers that won the war.
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