Elizabeth L. Gardner

Elizabeth L. Gardner
Gardner in the pilot's seat of a Martin B-26 Marauder
Born1921
Rockford, Illinois, US
Died (aged 90)
New York City, US
OccupationPilot
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Army Air Corps

Elizabeth L. Gardner (1921 – December 22, 2011) was an American pilot during World War II who served as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was one of the first American female military pilots[1] and the subject of a well-known photograph, sitting in the pilot's seat of a Martin B-26 Marauder.[2][3]

In 2009, the 300 living WASP pilots were awarded a Congressional Gold Medal through a unit citation.[A]

  1. ^ Merryman 1998, p. photo 9.
  2. ^ Rosser 2008, p. 143.
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  4. ^ "WWII Female Pilots Honored With Gold Medal". All Things Considered (Transcript). National Public Radio. March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "Obama awards WWII-era women pilots congressional medal". CNN. July 1, 2009. Archived from the original on November 24, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  6. ^ Blakemore, Eric (May 23, 2016). "Female WWII Pilots Can Now Be Buried at Arlington National Cemetery Seventy-five years later". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2019. WASPs have won one last battle.
  7. ^ Everhart, Don. "Congressional Gold Medals Don Everhart II". Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "Congressional Gold Medal Women Airforce service Pilots". March 18, 2016. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.


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