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Margaret (Kerr) Boyland 1921 - 2010

Margaret (Kerr) Boyland was born on February 6, 1921 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma United States, and died at age 89 years old on October 11, 2010 in Staunton, VA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret (Kerr) Boyland.

Margaret (Kerr) Boyland

February 6, 1921

Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States

October 11, 2010

Staunton, Virginia, 24401, United States

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1921

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February 6, 1921

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Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma United States

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October 11, 2010

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Staunton, Virginia 24401, United States
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01/18/2019

Margaret (Kerr) Boyland

A photo of WASP Margaret (Kerr) Boyland with her parents and siblings at Avenger Field, Texas - Saying goodbye to her family. She will begin training to ferry aircraft within the US. After she graduated, in August of 1944, Margaret was piloting a B-26, trying to land at Meridian, Mississippi. Her WASP co-pilot radioed in for landing instructions. According to Byrd Granger in "On Final Approach," a brusque voice came back, "Get those women out of the cockpit and then come down." After several minutes of negotiating with the tower, clearance was reluctantly granted. In the meantime, all the maintenance crews and pilots stationed at the field made their way to the flight line, to get a good look at the 'girl' pilots. When the two WASP stepped out, the male pilots and other personnel were shocked. No one on the Army air base knew what a WASP was.

Date & Place: 1943 at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas 79556, United States

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01/18/2019

We've come a long way, baby? Just after the WASPs were formed in August 1943, this volunteer is saying goodbye to her family and entering training. Women pilots faced a lot of challenges.

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