‘Spitfires’ chronicles the daring flights of American women pilots during WWII

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Wednesday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking Germany’s unconditional surrender and the end of WWII in Europe. A new book “Spitfires” tells the little-known contribution American women made to that outcome by flying combat aircraft — not for U.S. forces, which denied them the…

This story appeared on pbs.org, 2025-05-04 21:35:50.
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