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Sarah Byrn Rickman

Author of The Originals: The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II

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Sarah Byrn Rickman is the author of two award-winning WASP novels, Flight from Fear and Flight to Destiny; The Originals: The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II; and Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Pilots of World War II (UNT Press). She is the recipient of the Seventh Annual Combs show more Gates Award by the National Aviation Hall of Fame for her outstanding work on the women pilots of World War II. show less

Image credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dawn Price, cropped by uploader (defenseimagery.mil)

Works by Sarah Byrn Rickman

The Originals: The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II (2001) 16 copies

Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Pilots of World War II (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series) (2008) 16 copies

WASP of the Ferry Command: Women Pilots, Uncommon Deeds (2016) 14 copies

Nancy Batson Crews: Alabama's First Lady of Flight (Alabama Fire Ant) (2009) 6 copies

Flight From Fear (2002) 3 copies

Finding Dorothy Scott: Letters of a Wasp Pilot (2016) 3 copies

BJ Erickson: WASP Pilot (2018) 2 copies

Betty Gillies WAFS Pilot: The Days and Flights of a World War II Squadron Leader (2022) 1 copy

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Gender: female
Awards and honors: LAURA Short Fiction Awards (1st Place, 2022)

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Colorado Book Award

Finding Dorothy Scott: Letters of a Wasp Pilot (Finalist – Biography – 2017)

WILLA Literary Award

Finding Dorothy Scott: Letters of a Wasp Pilot (Finalist – Scholarly Nonfiction – 2017)

Flight From Fear (Finalist – Original Paperback – 2003)

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Works: 8
Members: 61
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Rating: 4.0

ISBNs: 18

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