We have an elderly lady friend who was a bomber pilot in WWII.
I think she said she flew B-17's.
Female pilots delivered the bombers from the US to England via hops to Newfoundland and Iceland.
No navigators - they flew in formation following the leader who was an experienced pilot with a navigator aboard.
I didn’t intend to condemn what you said...sorry if that’s how it came out in my response.
As I’ve grown older into that oh-so-common Old Fart category, I’ve taken to take a look back as history within my realm, or my parents. I recently got a book about the “Bell Bomber Plant” in Marietta during WWII....fascinating. The women (my aunt was one), made BOMBERS! Even made some B-29s...
It was, and is today, Air Force Plant Number Six, now run by Lockheed Martin. They’ve since made the C-130, the C-141, the C-5, and most recently assembled the F-22s there.
It is surprising what our women in this country did then.