On December 7, 1941, 22-year-old pilot Cornelia Fort essentially became the very first American woman pilot in a combat zone while flying over Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. With hundreds of hours of flying experience, the Nashville native was one of the most experienced pilots in the country and while two other civilian planes were shot out of the sky she landed her plane and made it through Japanese strafing.
Brave Female Pilots
October 1, 2018
Wartime