Betty Greene: WASP WW2 pilot and Women’s Aviation Pioneer

After WW2 started Mission Aviation Fellowship, flying bush planes worldwide.

At a time when women were not supposed to fly airplanes, Betty Greene stands out as one of America’s greatest women pilots. She started flying at age 16 and signed up as a W.A.S.P. (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during WW2 ferrying bombers and conducting high altitude flight experiments. After the war, she was very instrumental in starting M.A.F. (Mission Aviation Fellowship) a non profit organization that still flies missionaries and relief supplies around the world today. Having flown on two M.A.F. flights in Africa, I can personally tell you that this is one dangerous job. She was the first to fly into Sudan (North Africa) airspace, first woman to fly over the Andes Mountains and did primitive jungle strip landings in Papua New Guinea as well as a host of other countries. The impact of a single determined person is incredible and should not be memory holed.

Betty was brave, talented and brought humanitarian aid and the benefits of civilization to a world in need by using her aviation skills and courage in the face of real dangers. Valor is in you. Set it free.