Women with Wings: Women Pilots of World War II

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CHAPTER ONE TRAIN TWO WOMEN TO FLY IT Dora Dougherty climbed into the cockpit of the B 29 bomber with copilot Dorothea Didi Johnson right beside her The two women had never flown a four engine bomber before but they were determined to learn This airplane the Boeing B 29 Superfortress was the most powerful bomber of World War II 1939 1945 It had 12 machine guns one cannon and a maximum bomb load of 20 000 pounds 9 071 kg It also had a dangerous reputation The B 29's first test flight happened on September 21 1942 It had gone smoothly Dora Dougherty flew nearly every type of army aircraft