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Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story

"When the country needed every man, she answered the call."

2010-04-01 en 33m
Documentary
“Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story,” follows one 93-year-old woman’s journey from the Black Hills of South Dakota where she learned to fly biplanes, to flying fighter planes for the Army Air Corps in 1943 & ’44. Vi was among these first women in United States history to fly military planes, and one of 114 who flew Pursuit Planes like the P51 and Thunderbolt!

Director

Mark C. Bonn

Producer

Christine Seibert Bonn

world war ii military aviation women's history history documentary short award-winning film wasp pilots wwii

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