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Welcome
As I promised, I
will be taking a short break from Kerry Grant and friends
to publish The
Woman in the Wing. This work of
fiction is a stand
alone mystery involving women pilots and factory
workers during World War II. I'm excited about it and cherish every minute of research
and conversation I had with those involved. It
helped me understand at least partly what occurred
to many during those times of self sacrifice rarely
seen today.
The Woman in the Wing
 In 1941, the
attack on Pearl Harbor ended debate as to whether the United
States should become involved in World War II. The hasty
entrance into war brought with it a few expected changes. Two hundred
thousand women enlisted in the military and twelve million,
many who had never worked outside of their homes, took jobs
in factories, offices, and as civilian workers on military
bases.
Aircraft and
ship production quickly increased because of this new
supply of labor.
Eighty-five hundred planes a month rolled out of factories,
twice the number previously manufactured in an entire year.
More than half of the aircraft arrived at bases, ports, and
other locations around the country ferried by civilian
women pilots of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, known as
the WASP. Charlotte Mercer was one of those women.
Charlotte's
career as a pilot nearly ends before it begins when an army
major removes her from her training because she refuses his
proposition to do something other than fly. She's sent to
work at the defense plant with a female FBI agent where she's told that her job is to round up a
ring of German spies.
Charlotte goes
from WASP trainee to Rosie the Riveter on a hunt for a German agent
who's an expert in demolition. Char and her riveting partner,
FBI agent Ellie Frazier, learn that catching spies is almost as
hard as riveting.
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