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WAVE Sally Siebert from Pittsburgh and WAC Winifred Thompson inspect the nose of a Budd RB-1 Conestoga cargo aircraft at Budd Field, Philadelphia, PA., January 29, 1945.
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WAVE Sally Siebert from Pittsburgh and WAC Winifred Thompson inspect nose of the first large size cargo airplane constructed of stainless steel. WAVES and WACS stand near the huge tail at Budd Field, Red Lion Road and Reveree Road.   January 29, 1945.

Credit: Courtesy of Temple University, Urban Archives, Philadelphia, Pa.

During World War II, 21,887 women from the Commonwealth served in the armed forces, and another 843 in the Coast Guard. Here, Sally Siebert from the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVE) and Winifred Thompson from the Women's Army Corps (WAC) pose for a publicity photo with a Budd RB-1 Conestoga cargo aircraft, the first large size cargo plane mass-produced primarily of stainless steel. Opened in 1943, the Budd Airfield was located north of Budd Company's northeast Philadelphia plant.

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