WASPs descend on Saratoga

A World War II training aircraft, the AT-6 Nella, was at Shively Airfield on August 13.

According to The Bullock Texas State History Museum, the AT-6 airplane was first known as The Texan, becoming the most important training aircraft ever. The Texan would change its name to the AT-6 Nella in 1944, named after Fifinella, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Squadron mascot. The AT-6 Nella was used in training classes from mid-1943 until the WASP Squadron was disbanded in December 1944.

“The WASP Squadron is one of 82 units of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) headquartered in Dallas, Texas...