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  • Virginia Malany-Meloney
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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:
    Mr. Frank Easton Jr.

    Born: October 7,1919
    Schooling: Alpena, Michigan HS; Antioch College, Wayne University, University of Alaska, Dartmouth College.
    Military Service: WWII ferry pilot for the Air Transport Command (ATC) based a Third Ferrying Group, Romulus, Michigan 1943-44. Member of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Single and Multiengine, from light liaison to 4 engine bombers. Instrument card and HP rating O-2430.
    Occupations: Actress- Stage Screen and Television; Journalist- newspapers in New England; NY State and Florida-reporter, editor and columnist. Businesses Treefarmer, Real Estate, antiques. Commercial pilot; co-pilot on twin engine executive planes in Springfield, Vermont. Dispatcher- Wien Alaska Airlines, Fairbanks, 1949.
    Lecturer: On WWII experiences, Flying Red Cross work in France and Germany Life aboard a 36 ft cabin cruiser on Tampa Bay, Peace and international law, Investigative work for National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena.
    Award: "Unsung Heroine Award" in New Hampshire 1986.

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