Betsy Ross Corps. Mercy From the Skies

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GLC#
GLC10122
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
circa 1940
Author/Creator
Betsy Ross Corps.
Title
Mercy From the Skies
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination

one poster entitled Mercy From The Skies published by the Betsy Ross Corps of licensed women pilots and students circa 1940. Poster is advertising for the Betsy Ross Air Corps, the first of several paramilitary women's aviation organizations that hoped to support the Army Air Corps and assist during times of national emergency. The Corps was founded in 1931 by Opal Kunz, a charter member of the Ninety-Nines organization of women pilots and the first woman to race men in open competition. The Corps had its own uniforms and was divided into nine regions across the country.

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