Intrepid Woman: Betty Lussier's Secret War, 1942-1945

by Betty Lussier

A teenager on a Maryland farm when World War II began, Betty Lussier went to England to help the British fight off an impending invasion. Armed with a private pilot's license, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary and was soon ferrying planes and pilots for the RAF, and her memoir describes those days in thrilling detail. After the Normandy invasion, when women pilots were barred from delivering planes to the combat zones on the continent, she joined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591144493
• ISBN13: 9781591144496
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"