Title: SHIRLEY SLADE..FAMED FEMALE PILOTArtist/Source: UNKNOWNMedium: CONTEMPORARY DYE BASED PHOTOLITHOGRAPH Date/Period: WW IIDimensions: 10X8"Origin: AMERICAAnnotations: NONEDescription: This lot is a Dye Based Photolithograph, and is a restoration print, produced 'after' the original photograph. Rather than being a one-of-a-kind work, it is an open edition, non-commercial sheet-fed mechanical print, analagous to the process used for sheet-fed photogravures. The paper is 215 GSM, 12 MIL Matte, Light Fast and Acid Free. It is enclosed in a polypropolene, archival presentation pocket and reinforced before shipping.
BACKSTORY: In 1942, the United States was faced with a severe shortage of pilots, so an experimental program to replace males with female pilots was created. The group of female pilots was called the Women Airforce Service Pilots - WASP for short. Shirley Slade was one of about 1,100 chosen. She was trained to fly the B-26 and B-39, and that got her put on the cover of Life magazine in 1943 at 21 years old. Shirley primarily flew Bell P-39 Airacobras and Martin B-26 Marauders.
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