The Women Airforce Service Pilots Bronze Medal
Medals
- Year of Issue: 2009
- Authorizing Legislation: Public Law 111-40
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Background
This medal honors the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in recognition of their pioneering military service and exemplary record, which forged revolutionary reform in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Characteristics
The obverse depicts the portrait of a WASP with three WASP in the foreground in flight uniforms walking toward their aircraft. An airborne AT-6 is featured in the background breaking through the inner rim of the medal.The reverse design features the three aircraft that are symbolic of the airplanes flown by the WASP trainers, fighters, and bombers during World War II; the AT-6 (Texan), indicated by the number 264; the B-26 (Martin Marauder), indicated by the number 967; and the P-51 (Mustang). The WASP wings are depicted at the base of the design.
Obverse Inscriptions
- WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS
- 1942–1944
Reverse Inscriptions
- THE FIRST WOMEN IN HISTORY TO FLY AMERICAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT
- ACT OF CONGRESS
- 2009
Mint and Mint Mark
Artist Information
Obverse- Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill, Sculptor-Engraver
- Designer: Joel Iskowitz
- Don Everhart, Sculptor-Engraver