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Show Tlw: Old Servant D'nlifl Want lo I Jo a Tcllicoat Ilmlcr' The sergeant was "Old Army." Hash marks Indicating nearly .'10 years of service adorned his IHl sleeve, topped by the stripes of a master sergeant, So, you can Imagine IiIh reaction when, on reporting an crew chief on mi army Hying bout, he found u woman civilian pilot of the Ferrying Dlvinion Air Transport Cominanil nt the conliolii, nnollier In the copilot's co-pilot's seat, "After .'10 yearn In Hie Army I herd I'etl.icoals," the sergeant mumbled 10 oilier male iiioiiiImtii of the crew. Gnimliling, he supervlfied Hie iihiiting of the engines. Grumbling, lie sclllcd buck In the depths of his hiimltlnllou iih the huge plane look oil, bound for delivery under lend-Ica.'ic lend-Ica.'ic to lt. Itrlllab nl Mnnlrciil. "Women 1 1 .v III In Ihn Army," he niulleicd In dliigusl, adding for emphasis, em-phasis, "and me will) 'em. Ilelll" lilt on arrival at Monlrenl, It was 11 dllli-i i-ut bIiii y. "I'm stnry. mum," (ho .setirnnt HivrlrH hl.s pili it, "for wlwit 1 .said buck Ihcro. I'd it tlum silil nillin riilc will) yon than a lot of thoin yoimK followN." Thai. i rrnnrlu-l WAS!' Pilot I ,v iioie McKlroy, a vclrran woman rlv llinn pilot wllh :i.Uim air hours to her croilll, "wiiii ahont thr lines I eon i pi I m enl I ever received." Yon nee, I he Mei'ceanl In erowdlni! :0 and any male who IlieM a plant1 Ih n "youritf fellow" In hl.s vernacular. |
