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do any flying duties requested of us.
After about eight months at Camp Davis, the groups were sent to various bases.
Helen, along with twelve others, ended up at Liberty Field, Camp Stewart, Georgia where
she remained until the WASP organization was disbanded.
The duties were as mentioned above except Helen and several others were chosen
as radio control operators in a very secret program (experimental) flying as operators and
safety pilots. This program was experimenting with testing air to air radio controlled small
planes (unmanned) which could hopefully carry bombs to target enemy installations. It was
to be our equivalent or reprisal to the terrible German buzz bombs. Actually, the tiny
experimental PQ's weren't the only ones experimented with, the larger C-45 was being
experimented with also. To Helen's knowledge these planes were never used in actual
warfare. The war was winding down and the Atom Bomb was being tested. Helen says
those years were very fulfilling and a time of which she is most proud. She has always hoped
that in her way she was of service to her country.
The WASP were disbanded in December of 1944 and her husband returned in
January of 1945. They settled near Washington and raised three fine boys. Helen's flying
was put aside.
In 1976 an effort was made to recognize the WASP for their time in service. Since
Helen lived in Washington, she was very helpful in the lobbying for this act which resulted
in the WASP being awarded Honorable Discharges.
After retirement when Helen and her family moved to Merritt Island, Florida, she
continued to help with the WASP organization. She hosted the Eastern United States
Region WASP Reunion.
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