This book is an international comparative analysis on the women pilots ofBritain's Air
Transport Auxiliary the Soviet Union's Aviation Group 122 and the UnitedStates' Women's
Auxiliary Air Force Women's Flying Training Detachment and theWomen Airforce Service Pilots
during World War II. Women pilots in these groups weremotivated by three different factors in
each country to aid the war effort and thatdetermination was a common thread among these groups
that drove them to serve theircountries' militaries. What made the pilots' efforts stand out
was that they offered theAllies an advantage over the Axis Powers in terms of utilizing an
additional workforce.Unfortunately these women are widely unrecognized for this advantage and
are brushedaside. It is important to recognize the significance of how these women impacted
theAllies socially and militarily and this work aims to expand the discussion in World WarII
studies.
