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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
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Although forbidden from any combat roles, to my knowledge, women also served extensively as aviatrices (female pilots)--a
non-traditional role for women in the armed forces (they may not have technically been in the armed forces, but in some auxiliary service). There was a huge need for pilots to ferry the bright-and-shiny new airplanes from the factories to places where they were needed. The men who were pilots couldn't be spared.
(A question just popped into my mind: I wonder if the women ever ferried airplanes to
aircraft carriers. Some things make me think that they probably
didn't.)
This critical work helped to crack open the door--ever so slightly--to employment of women as civil aviatrices after the War was over.