Sarah Byrn Rickman

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In this interview, author Sarah Byrn Rickman shares the history of the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and the Women Airforce Service Pilots who flew for the U.S. during World War II. Sarah has immersed herself with the remaining WAFS and WASP for over twenty years through the fortune of her connection with the International Women’s Air and Space Museum. She arrived in their midst as an established journalist, and has made it her mission to preserve their stories for posterity. She has published ten books so far featuring these amazing stories. Her knowledge is so vast and so deep that we talked for over two hours. I did my best to edit this to an hour, with one interruption for an editorial note.

She’s written many smaller pieces about the WAFS and WASP, which you can find in her blog at www.sarahbyrnrickman.com