Ann Baumgartner | |
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Born | August 27, 1918 |
Died | March 20, 2008[1] | (aged 89)
Allegiance | United States |
Service | United States Army Air Forces |
Unit | Women Airforce Service Pilots |
Ann G. Baumgartner Carl (August 27, 1918 – March 20, 2008) was an American aviator who became the first American woman to fly a United States Army Air Forces jet aircraft when she flew the Bell YP-59A jet fighter at Wright Field as a test pilot during World War II.[2] She was assigned to Wright Field as an assistant operations officer in the fighter test section as member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots program.[2]