H.R.2014 - Federal Government

EverydayCitizen said

While all 1,100 WASP will be deservedly be awarded the gold medal, we must take special note of the most special honorees - the 38 women who died while serving during World War II.

Mabel Rawlinson was one of the 38 WASP that made the ultimate sacrifice. She will receive her medal posthumously.

It was at Camp Davis on the night of August 23, 1943, that Mabel lost her life when her airplane crashed and was consumed by flames. She became one of the very special women, numbering only 38, who served and died as pilots for the Air Force in World War II.

Since WASP were technically considered volunteer civilian pilots and not Air Force pilots, no monetary compensation was available to the Rawlinson family for her funeral expenses.

The other female pilots at Camp Davis pooled their extra money and assisted in the expense of transporting Mabel’s casket back to Kalamazoo for burial.

Read the whole story here:

http://www.everydaycitizen.com/2008/05/still_my_fallen_hero_fly_girl.html