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[[File:Madge_Moore_WASP.JPG|thumb|Madge Moore with her [[Congressional Gold Medal]] in 2010.]] |
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Moore was born in [[Rule, Texas]] and was raised in [[Haskell, Texas]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://operationfifinella.org/2016/12/27/madge-moore-44-4/|title=Madge Moore 44-4|last=Nagle|first=Bobbi|date=27 December 2016|website=Operation Fifinella|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301195719/https://operationfifinella.org/2016/12/27/madge-moore-44-4/|archive-date=1 March 2020|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> Moore went to Haskell High School.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45929404/abilene-reporter-news/|title=West Texans Bride's Attendants As Madge Leon and Captain Marry|date=1945-02-01|work=Abilene Reporter-News|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=13|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Moore's early [[Flight training|flight instruction]] included learning to trust the airplane itself.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Jensen|first=Malinda D.|date=November 1989|title=Women Military Aviators 1989 Convention|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqy1gOy6jQ4C&q=%22madge+moore%22+wasp&pg=PA10|journal=Naval Aviation News|volume=72|pages=10|via=Google Books}}</ref> She recalled that her flight instructor told her "to take her hands and feet off the controls" so that she could see that the plane would stay in the air on its own.<ref name=":0" /> One of her first flight passengers was her mother.<ref name=":3" /> Moore graduated from [[Southern Methodist University]] and attended [[Texas Woman's University|Texas State College for Women]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45929041/abilene-reporter-news/|title=WASP|date=1944-02-22|work=Abilene Reporter-News|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
Moore was born in [[Rule, Texas]] and was raised in [[Haskell, Texas]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://operationfifinella.org/2016/12/27/madge-moore-44-4/|title=Madge Moore 44-4|last=Nagle|first=Bobbi|date=27 December 2016|website=Operation Fifinella|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301195719/https://operationfifinella.org/2016/12/27/madge-moore-44-4/|archive-date=1 March 2020|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> Moore went to Haskell High School.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45929404/abilene-reporter-news/|title=West Texans Bride's Attendants As Madge Leon and Captain Marry|date=1945-02-01|work=Abilene Reporter-News|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=13|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Moore's early [[Flight training|flight instruction]] included learning to trust the airplane itself.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Jensen|first=Malinda D.|date=November 1989|title=Women Military Aviators 1989 Convention|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqy1gOy6jQ4C&q=%22madge+moore%22+wasp&pg=PA10|journal=Naval Aviation News|volume=72|pages=10|via=Google Books}}</ref> She recalled that her flight instructor told her "to take her hands and feet off the controls" so that she could see that the plane would stay in the air on its own.<ref name=":0" /> One of her first flight passengers was her mother.<ref name=":3" /> Moore graduated from [[Southern Methodist University]] and attended [[Texas Woman's University|Texas State College for Women]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45929041/abilene-reporter-news/|title=WASP|date=1944-02-22|work=Abilene Reporter-News|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
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She began training in the [[Women Airforce Service Pilots]] (WASP) |
She began training in the [[Women Airforce Service Pilots]] (WASP) on November 1, 1943, at [[Avenger Field]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20197214/madge-ragan-leon-and-role-as-a-wasp/|title=Daughter of Leon Theater Owner Was in Air Service|date=1945-08-20|work=The Amarillo Globe-Times|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=7|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Her parents, who supported her desire to serve, drove her to training.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45928118/del-rio-news-herald/|title=W.A.S.P.s Visit Laughlin AFB|date=1997-05-04|work=Del Rio News Herald|access-date=2020-03-01|pages=8|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She graduated from her WASP training on May 23, 1944.{{Sfn|Weigan|2003|p=206}} Moore was stationed at [[North Texas Regional Airport|Perrin Field]].{{Sfn|Weigan|2003|p=206}} As a WASP, she ferried planes, some of which no longer had functioning instruments, forcing her to use [[dead reckoning]].<ref name=":2" /> Many of the planes she flew were from [[Kelly Field Annex|Kelly Field]], which was closing and she most often ferried [[Boeing-Stearman Model 75|BT-13s]] and [[Beechcraft T-6 Texan II|AT-6s]].{{Sfn|Weigan|2003|p=209}} She also tested planes after they were repaired.{{Sfn|Weigan|2003|p=209}} |
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Moore married Captain Stanley L. Moore in 1945 and the couple settled in [[Sherman, Texas]] where Stanley was stationed.<ref name=":1" /> She went on to live as a [[Homemaking|homemaker]] and [[Housewife|stay at home mother]].<ref name=":3" /> |
Moore married Captain Stanley L. Moore in 1945 and the couple settled in [[Sherman, Texas]] where Stanley was stationed.<ref name=":1" /> She went on to live as a [[Homemaking|homemaker]] and [[Housewife|stay at home mother]].<ref name=":3" /> |
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Latest revision as of 20:55, 25 January 2024
Madge Leon Moore (January 22, 1922 – December 22, 2016)[1] was an American aviator. She served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. Moore ferried planes during the war and after the dissolution of WASP, lived as a homemaker. She received the Congressional Gold Medal for her service in 2010.
Biography
[edit]Moore was born in Rule, Texas and was raised in Haskell, Texas.[2] Moore went to Haskell High School.[3] Moore's early flight instruction included learning to trust the airplane itself.[4] She recalled that her flight instructor told her "to take her hands and feet off the controls" so that she could see that the plane would stay in the air on its own.[4] One of her first flight passengers was her mother.[2] Moore graduated from Southern Methodist University and attended Texas State College for Women.[5]
She began training in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) on November 1, 1943, at Avenger Field.[6] Her parents, who supported her desire to serve, drove her to training.[7] She graduated from her WASP training on May 23, 1944.[8] Moore was stationed at Perrin Field.[8] As a WASP, she ferried planes, some of which no longer had functioning instruments, forcing her to use dead reckoning.[6] Many of the planes she flew were from Kelly Field, which was closing and she most often ferried BT-13s and AT-6s.[9] She also tested planes after they were repaired.[9]
Moore married Captain Stanley L. Moore in 1945 and the couple settled in Sherman, Texas where Stanley was stationed.[3] She went on to live as a homemaker and stay at home mother.[2]
In 2010, she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her service as a WASP.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Photo of gravestone". Find A Grave. 29 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Nagle, Bobbi (27 December 2016). "Madge Moore 44-4". Operation Fifinella. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ a b "West Texans Bride's Attendants As Madge Leon and Captain Marry". Abilene Reporter-News. 1945-02-01. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Jensen, Malinda D. (November 1989). "Women Military Aviators 1989 Convention". Naval Aviation News. 72: 10 – via Google Books.
- ^ "WASP". Abilene Reporter-News. 1944-02-22. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Daughter of Leon Theater Owner Was in Air Service". The Amarillo Globe-Times. 1945-08-20. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "W.A.S.P.s Visit Laughlin AFB". Del Rio News Herald. 1997-05-04. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Weigan 2003, p. 206.
- ^ a b Weigan 2003, p. 209.
- ^ "Fliers Finally Get a Lift". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
References
[edit]- Weigan, Cindy (2003). Texas Women in World War II. Lanham: Republic of Texas Press. ISBN 1556229488.