Strother became the sixth woman in the United States to earn an airline transport pilot license in 1940. She began work at the University of Illinois and taught flight courses (1944-1949) and also in airfields across the United States, teaching pilots and ferrying aircraft.
She volunteered with W.A.S.P. She was married twice to Lester Strother and Harry McKeown and died Nov. 19 2013 in Texas.Dora Dougherty Strother was born Nov. 27, 1921 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
While at the university, she learned to fly and received her license.
Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (b. She was being congratulated by Bell chief test pilot R.C. Dora Dougherty Strother was born Nov. 27, 1921 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. 1921) (center) was a human factors engineer and test pilot for Bell Helicopter Co. in 1961 when this photograph was taken, and had just broken a helicopter altitude record (at 19,406 feet) in a Bell 47G-3.
Buyers (at left) and company president E.J. (Women’s Air force Service Pilots) and was selected in the third class of WASP program (43-3) during World War II. Dora Dougherty, third from left in front of B-29 "Ladybird" with Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (left), Dorothea Johnson (2nd from left) and B-29 crew.
Strother became the sixth woman in the United States to earn an airline transport pilot license in 1940. Dora Dougherty Strother was born Nov. 27, 1921 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Top Rated Shows Most Popular Shows Browse TV … Genealogy for Lt. Col. Dora Jean Strother-McKeown (Dougherty), Ph.D. (1921 - 2013) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Transferred to March Army Air Base, Riverside, Calif. Resigned from the WASP in No...SNAC is a discovery service for persons, families, and organizations found within archival collections at cultural heritage institutions. TV Shows . She volunteered with W.A.S.P. Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon DVD & Blu-Ray Releases Release Calendar Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Assigned to Las Vegas Army Air Field in Nev. where she met and married Elmer Luther Watson, Sept. 7, 1944. Dora Jean Dougherty Strother (27. marraskuuta 1921 St. Paul, Minnesota – 19. marraskuuta 2013 Fort Worth, Texas) oli yhdysvaltalainen lentäjä sekä eräs ensimmäisiä Yhdysvaltain ilmavoimissa palvelleita naispuolisia lentoupseereja. Strother, Dora Dougherty September 26, 1986..
(Women’s Air force Service Pilots) and was selected in the third class of WASP program (43-3) during World War II.
Strother became the sixth woman in the United States to earn an airline transport pilot license in 1940. Trained at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Tex. People Projects Discussions Surnames
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S...Strother, Dora Dougherty. August 2, 1995 Dear Dr. Strother: Before you throw this letter into the trash-basket, let me introduce myself. This item is part of the collection entitled: National WASP WWII Museum and two others and was provided by National WASP WWII Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries.
She volunteered with W.A.S.P.
Collection, 1940-1944.Yearbooks, personal recollections, photographs, insignia, flight logs, correspondence, uniforms, news clippings, and audio and video materials of six WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilots) members during World War II: Dora Dougherty Strother, Margaret Harper Watson, Marion Stegeman Hodgson, Faith Buchner Richards, Rene Nielsen, and Mildred Dalrymple.No biographical history available for this identity.Native of New Castle, Pennsylvania. From 1962-1986 she worked for Bell Helicopters and held two world flight records for Rotorcraft in Altitude and distance (1961-1966).
Strother was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force on December 20, 1944, having commanded 23 different aircraft.SNAC is a discovery service for persons, families, and organizations found within archival collections at cultural heritage institutions.
(Women’s Air force Service Pilots) and was selected in the third class of WASP program (43-3) during World War II. Graduated from Penn State.
After 20 years in the Air Force Reserve, she retired with the rank of Lt. Col from 9823rd Air Reserve Squadron, Ft. Worth, TX. A recipient of the Amelia Earhart Award for academic achievement, she was also an inductee in the Military Aviation Hall of Fame, awarded the Achievement Award by the American Association of University Women (1966), and an inductee to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame (1987).