Madge Moore
Madge Leon Moore was an American pilot.
Biography
Moore was born in Rule, Texas and was raised in Haskell, Texas.[1] Moore went to Haskell High School.[2] Moore's early flight instruction included learning to trust the airplane itself.[3] 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.[3] One of her first flight passengers was her mother.[1] Moore graduated from Southern Methodist University and attended Texas State College for Women.[4]
She began training in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in November 1, 1943 at Avenger Field.[5] Her parents, who supported her desire to serve, drove her to training.[6] She graduated from her WASP training on May 23, 1944.[7] As a WASP, she ferried planes, some of which no longer had functioning instruments, forcing her to use dead reckoning.[5]
Moore married Captain Stanley L. Moore in 1945 and the couple settled in Sherman, Texas where Stanley was stationed.[2] She went on to live as homemaker and stay at home mother.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "W.A.S.P.s Visit Laughlin AFB". Del Rio News Herald. 1997-05-04. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-03-01 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Weigan 2003, p. 206.
References
- Weigan, Cindy (2003). Texas Women in World War II. Lanham: Republic of Texas Press. ISBN 1556229488.
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