The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

The Women with Silver Wings is a well written and true history of the female Airforce service pilots (WASPs/WAFS) serving during WW2. Released 21st April 2020 by Crown Publishing, it's 448 pages and available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.

This is a meticulously researched and annotated history of the WASPs which includes photographs and documents. As a work of nonfiction, I found it readable and worthwhile. The author is adept at bringing the stories of the women to life and I found these tantalizing glimpses of their lives before and after their service to the war effort absolutely riveting. I hadn't heard much about what their service entailed or how it took until 1977 for most of them to be recognized and awarded the status their service deserved.

In addition to the meticulous research and writing, the book is comprehensively annotated with reference notes and documents for further reading.  Many of the notes have links to web resources for more information. This would make a superlative selection for relevant classroom study in history or allied subjects including gender studies and women's history.

I found the in memoriam list of the names of the 38 women who lost their lives in service very touching. It was a nice addition to the book.

Five stars. Well worth a look.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.