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Betty Tackaberry "Tack" Blake (née Guild; October 29, 1920 – April 9, 2015) was the last surviving member of the first training class (Class 43-W-1 at Sweetwater, Texas, on April 24, 1943) of the Women Airforce Service Pilots paramilitary aviation service.
Mar 10, 2013 · Betty 'Tack' Blake is believed to be the only living graduate of the first Women's Airforce Service Pilot training class during World War II. The class began with 38 women pilots on Nov. 16, 1942, but only 23 graduated on April 24, 1943.
Mar 1, 2018 · Blake, who died April 9, 2015, at the age of 94, was believed to be the last surviving graduate of the first Women’s Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training class during World War II. “I feel ...
Jun 15, 2023 · Betty C. Tackaberry Blake. October 29, 1920 – April 9, 2015. Class: 43-W-1. Training Location: Houston Municipal Airport (Tex.) Assigned Bases: Long Beach Army Air Base (Calif.) Planes flown: B-17, B-24, B-26, C-21, Cessna 170, DC-3, P-38, P-39, P-40, P-51, P-63, X-47. Graduation Details. Dates: November 15, 1942-April 24, 1943.
Mar 10, 2018 · Betty Tackaberry Blake, “Tack” for short, was a member of the first graduating class of the Women’s Air Force Service Pilot aviation training class during World War II (Class 43-W-1 ). Until her death on April 9, 2015, at the age of 94, she was the last known member of the first graduating WASP class.
Mar 31, 2016 · Betty "Tack" Blake, 91, holds a model of a P-51 Mustang, her favorite aircraft to fly, in front of her home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Blake joined the first class of WAFs (later named Women Airforce Service Pilots).
Betty ‘Tack’ Blake, Only surving member of 1st WASP class. WWII. by Randy Roughton, US Air Force News Service. L. ast year, a young female pilot recently showed her 91-year-old guest the F-16 Fighting Falcon she flies at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
