Towing the Line Between Danger and Duty, Part 2

In this oral history, WASP pilot Ruth Florey recalls the high-risk target towing missions and the losses at Camp Davis, where fellow pilots Mabel Rawlinson and Betty Taylor Wood were killed in crashes. The target towing missions consisted of the WASP pilot flying with a fabric sleeve behind the aircraft while ground gunners fired live ammunition at it for practice. This was one of the most dangerous assignments given to Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II. Despite the risks, Florey explains that she and other WASP accepted the work out of a strong sense of duty to the war effort.