Established in 1942 during WWII to free male pilots for combat positions, two civilian flying programs were created for women, the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and the Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD). The two programs merged into a single program, the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), in 1943. Their patch design featured a female gremlin named Fifinella that was inspired by Roald Dahl’s story The Gremlins and drawn by Walt Disney.
