Marty Wyall
American aviator
Mary Anna Martin "Marty" Wyall (January 24, 1922 – March 9, 2017) was an American aviator. Wyall was part of the last class of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and later became the unofficial WASP historian. She was instrumental in organizing the WASP veterans together years after they served.
Biography
Wyall was born in Liberty, Indiana on January 24, 1922. She graduated from Shields High School in 1939, then went on to MacMurray's Women's College on a music scholarship. She transferred to DePauw University in her sophomore year where she majored in Liberal Arts. Wyall wanted to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and took flying lessons after she graduated. She paid for her lessons by working at Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical as a lab assistant. She joined WASP in May 1944 and was part of the last WASP class of trainees. She was briefly stationed at Goodfellow Field before WASP was deactivated.
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