Female pilots who served in World War II honored
Photo credit: Joel Cairo | Katherine Willinger, left, and Bernice Haydu are greeted at the American Airpower Museum in Republic Airport in Farmingdale on Sunday. (September 27, 2009)
A tribute to World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS)
Margaret Gilman, 86, of Manhasset, was one of a select group of women to fly airplanes for the military during World War II. She and a handful of other WASPs were honored Sunday at a ceremony at the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale.
Gilman said she enlisted with the Women Airforce Service Pilots when she was 21, after having paid her way through flight school...
