Women Pilots of World War II

Women Pilots of World War II

Women Pilots of World War II
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 3 to 4
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	3.53

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		bomber, combat, coveralls, logged, windshield, adventure, flown, flight, planes, dangerous, duty, place, deal, jobs, kinds, fact
	content words:		Jacqueline Cochran, World War II, United States, Air Force, Women Airforce Service Pilots

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Women Pilots of World War II
By Sharon Fabian

¹     Jacqueline Cochran loved adventure. For her, the place to find adventure was in the sky. She took flying lessons and got her pilot's license. She logged hundreds of hours flying. So did other brave young women.

²     Then World War II started. Jacqueline thought that the women pilots could help the war effort. They could fly military planes. At that time, only men flew. So, Jacqueline talked to Mrs. Roosevelt, the wife of the president of the United States. She told Mrs. Roosevelt about her idea. She told other people too.

³     It took a long time, but finally the Air Force decided to use women pilots. The women pilots would ferry planes from place to place. This would free up the men pilots for combat duty.

⁴     Many women wanted to fly and to support the war. In fact, 25,000 women applied for the jobs! A group of 1,830 women was chosen. All of the women chosen already had their pilot's license. All of them had already flown many hours.

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