May 22, 2026 – Nancy Love: WASP Pilot by Sarah Byrn Rickman (2019) is the story of the first woman to fly for the U.S. Army. Nancy began flying when she was 16 years old, quickly earning her private, commercial and transport licenses. After leaving Vassar College in early 1934, she secured a job as a pilot at Inter City Aviation in Boston. Owned by Bob Love, the two fell in love and married in 1936. In 1941 after the Pearl Harbor attack, Bob was called to active duty. Nancy proved herself in the air and eventually, the Army asked her to lead a new squadron of all female pilots – the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, the WAFS. Nancy showed remarkable professionalism and grace as Jacqueline Cochran convinced the Army to let her start a squadron of female pilots who needed more training than the WAFS. In 1943, the Army placed the WAFS within the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots), Cochran’s squadron. In December 1944, the Army disbanded the WASP as the war was coming to an end.