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American pilot trainee Shirley Slade (later Teer) in a flight suit and pigtails, as she sits on the wing of her Army trainer at Avanger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.

In this photo: Shirley Slade

Photo: Peter Stackpole./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Jul 19, 1943