Primarily discusses Violet Thurn Cowden's service in the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) from 1943 to 1944. Cowden discusses her childhood on a farm in South Dakota,[...]

Picture of Violet Thurn Cowden taken in mid-air during her tandem jump with the United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, in 2006.

Violet Thurn Cowden poses for a photograph under an Army Golden Knight tent following her completing a tandem jump with the United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden [...]

Portrait of WASP Violet Thurn Cowden in an A-2 leather bomber jacket and scarf. The WASP Fifinella patch can be seen on the jacket.

Violet Thurn Cowden, in WASP khaki summer uniform, stands on the wing of a P-51 Mustang, circa 1943.

WASP Violet Thurn Cowden leans out of the cockpit of a P-51 Mustang, circa 1943.