Ann Baumgartner

Ann Baumgartner
Born(1918-08-27)August 27, 1918
DiedMarch 20, 2008(2008-03-20) (aged 89)[1]
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army Air Forces
UnitWomen 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]

  1. ^ Ann Baumgartner's obituary
  2. ^ a b "FLYING FOR FREEDOM The Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots" (PDF). Teacher Resource Guide. United States: National Museum of the United States Air Force. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.