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Nona Pickering

LT · USAAF

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Nona Pickering

LT · USAAF

02/12/1944 – 12/20/1944

Reseda, CA

Service Details

School / Education

Woodbury Universit

Pilot Designation

Air Force Aviator

Highest Designation

Phi Beta Kappa

Service Years

02/12/1944 – 12/20/1944

Theaters of Service

World War II

Aircraft Flown

AT-6 P-38 BT-13 P-40 PT-17 P-47 PT-19 P-51

Duty Assignments

Flight Test Pilot
for Engineering

Service Organizations

WASP, WWII
Women Mil Aviators
WIMSA
Women in Aviation
Civil Air Patrol

Achievements & Story

One of the first women pilots to fly military aircraft on military missions as part of a U.S. military service. Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.