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Dawn Seymour

Dawn Seymour

Airforce Service Pilot during World War II


Dawn Seymour (July 1, 1917 - July 18, 2017) was an American pilot and member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II.[1] She would later lobby for military status for the Women Airforce Service Pilots as well as encourage recognition of their contributions to the war effort during World War II.

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Early life

Seymour was born in Rochester, New York on July 1, 1917.

She was the first woman accepted into the Civilian Pilot Training Program at Cornell University.[2] In 1939, she earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell.[3]

During World War II

During World War II, Seymour was a Women's Airforce Service Pilot, or WASP at Buckingham Air Force Base in Florida.[4][5]

Later life

She actively campaigned for military status for the Women Airforce Service Pilots.[6]

Honors

Her 100th birthday party was celebrated at the opening reception of Women in Aviation International’s 2017 annual conference.[7]

Publications

  • Seymour, Dawn, Clarice I. Bergemann, Jeanette J. Jenkins, and Mary Ellen Keil. Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: In Memoriam : Thirty-Eight American Women Pilots Gave Their Lives in Performance of Duty with the United States Army Air Forces 1942-1943-1944. Denton, Tex: Texas Woman's University Press, 1996. OCLC 34930045

Death and legacy

She died aged 100 on July 18, 2017.[8][9][10][11]


References

  1. "Ezra Update: Dawn Seymour '39 took to the skies during WWII". ezramagazine.cornell.edu. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. "Woman, 98, who flew B-17s in WWII, to appear at Wis. airshow". ABC7 Chicago. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. Seymour, Dawn, and Rebecca Wright. Dawn Seymour: Oral History Transcript. Davis, CA: TechniType Transcripts, 1999. Part of the NASA Oral History Project at Cocoa Beach, Florida. OCLC 434080212
  4. KUCKO, JOHN (20 July 2017). "Remembering WWII veteran Dawn Seymour". ROCHESTERFIRST. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  5. "Dawn (Rochow) Seymour's Obituary on Rochester Democrat And Chronicle". Rochester Democrat And Chronicle. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  • The Boundless Sky by Dawn Seymour. A 97 year old woman describes training young men for WWII combat as a WASP, with Moth Radio Extra: Full interview including photos. Veterans Day Special 2014. The Moth Radio Hour.

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