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Presented by the Delaware Chapter of The Ninety-Nines, Inc. (International Organization of Women Pilots), to honor the WOMEN'S AUXILIARY FERRYING SQUADRON of World War II, the first squadron of women pilots to fly military aircraft for the United States Air Force.

Mobilized in September 1942 and directed by Mrs. Nancy Harkness Love, the WAFS served with the 2nd Ferrying Group, Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, USAAF, and were stationed here at New Castle Army Air Base, now the Greater Wilmington Airport.

On August 1943, the WAFS and graduates of the women pilot training program, which had been implemented by Miss Jacqueline Cochran, were merged into one organization called WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots). These women served as pilots with the U.S. Army Air Forces until the organization was deactivated 20 December 1944.

Greater Wilmington Airport
July 22, 1985