“A W.A.S.P. Takes Wing,” Yardley Historical Association
Sunday March 5, 2023
“A W.A.S.P. Takes Wing,” a program about the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, will be hosted by the Yardley Historical Association on Sunday, March 5 at 3 p.m. The presentation will take place at the Old Library by Lake Afton, 46 West Afton Avenue in Yardley. Carol Simon Levin will share the story of the amazing W.A.S.P.s through the eyes of Ann Baumgartner Carl, the New Jersey girl who trained as a W.A.S.P. and became the only American woman to test-fly experimental planes during the War and the first American woman to fly a jet airplane. For more information about this program or other activities of the Yardley Historical Association, call 215-208-1154, e-mail info@yardleyhistory.org, or visit www.yardleyhistory.org.
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