Just in case others need a little inspiration

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/obituaries/hazel-ying-lee-and-maggie-gee-overlooked.html

They never met, but their early lives ran a strikingly similar
course. They were both Chinese-American women who thwarted layers of prejudice
and preconception to become World War II pilots. One died young, while
transporting a fighter plane. The other lived to 89 and went on to become a
scientist.

Their names were Hazel Ying Lee and Maggie Gee, and they were WASPs, or Women
Airforce Service Pilots.

In 1942, as the Air Force faced a dearth of male pilots to sustain the war
effort at home, the pilot Jacqueline Cochran persuaded the chief of the U.S. Army Air Force to recruit female pilots. More than 25,000 women applied. Only
1,830 were accepted into flight training. Of those, 1,074 completed the
training.

For two years, these pilots flew nearly every type of aircraft. Their principal
job was to ferry planes between bases. They also tested new planes, trained male
pilots and flew damaged planes back to base for repair. They traveled in
inclement weather and landed on unlighted runways at night. Thirty-eight of the
women died in service.