GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — More than 70 years after her service, 96-year-old Jane Doyle remembers her time as a pilot during World War II well.
“They called us fly girls,” Doyle explained.
She was among more than 1,000 women who first flew military planes in the 1940s as part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, also known as the WASP.
Perhaps Doyle was destined for it. Born in Grand Rapids, she was adventurous as a young girl. She remembers when her mother took her to see legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh.
At just 6 years old, that’s when her interest in flying took off.
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