Salt Lake City woman flew B-25 bombers in WWII — and got shot at over Texas

What a great story!

"Back in 1944, Nell Bright was trying to land a B-25 bomber. A member of the WASPs — Women Airforce Service Pilots — the Salt Lake City woman had flown the aircraft cross country to California.

“We wanted to land in Long Beach to gas up before going on to Mather Field in Sacramento,” said Bright, who’s now 100 years old. But the control tower at the Long Beach airport would not respond to her radio messages. Eventually, “they told us, ‘Get off the line! We’re trying to land a B-25.’ And I said, ‘We are the B-25.’

“We finally landed, and they got a surprise. Because at so many of the bases like that, they did not know there were women flying military aircraft.” ..."

Salt Lake City woman flew B-25 bombers in WWII — and got shot at over Texas 100-year-old Nell Bright was a member of the WASPs. She’s featured in a new PBS documentary.

Looks like the lady pilot is wearing sandals! 😊