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    "ocrText": "CONFIDENTIAL\ncommanders where they were on duty, were as efficient and effective\n1\n9\nas the male pilots in most classes of duties; and were better than\nthe men in some duties, as for example towing of targets for gunnery\npractice. Almost uniformly the WASP were reported eager to learn,\nwilling to work, and well behaved. The WASPs did ferrying, target\ntowing, tracking and searchlight missions, simulated strafing, smoke\nlaying and other chemical missions, radio control flying, basic and\ninstrument instruction, engineering test flying, administrative and\nutility flying. The WASPs flew during operational duties nearly every\ntype of airplane used by the AAF, from the small primary trainer to\nthe Superfortress (B=29), including the Mustang, Thunderbolt, B-17,\nB-26, and C-54.\nThe WASPs, according to the medical surveys, had as much endurance\nand were no more subject to fatigue and flew as regularly and for as\nlong hours as the male pilots in similar work. Aptitude and psycholog-\nical tests, including the Stanine test, were found to be equally deter-\nminative and selective in the case of WASPs as in the case of males.\nThe conclusion of the medical studies is, \"It is no longer a matter of\nspeculation that graduate WASPs were adapted physically, mentally, and\npsychologically to the type of flying assigned.\"\nCONCLUSIONS\nle Women can meet the standard WD-AGO Form 64 physical examination\nfor flying; and those meeting the proper height and weight requirements\ncan be trained, approximately as quickly and as economically as men in\nthe same age group, to fly all types of planes safely, efficiently, and\nregularly.\n2. The best women pilot material is in the lower age brackets,\ndown to 18 years.\n30 It follows from conclusion 1 above that women can effectively\nrelease male pilots for other duties; and they have done so with the\nWASP programe\n4e Physiology peculiar to women is not a handicap to flying or\ndependable performance of duty in a properly selected group.\n5. The psychological, aptitude, and other tests used in the case\nof male pilots have approximately the same usefulness in the case of\nwomen pilots.\n6. The flying safety record of women pilots approximates that\nof male pilots in the same type of work, whether training or opera-\ntional. The elimination rate for women in training as pilots is\napproximately the same as for the flying cadets in the same age groupse\n- 2 -\nCONFIDENTIAL"
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