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[Robert MacArthur Crawford
singing "The US Air Force"]

♪ Off we go
into the wild blue yonder ♪

♪ Climbing high into the sun ♪

♪ Here they come
zooming to meet our thunder ♪

♪ At 'em boys
give 'er the gun ♪

Farmer's puttin' on a real show.

♪ Spouting our flame
from under off with one ♪

[male #1]
'He used up his gas
dusting his crops.'

[male #2]
'Rations run out? Coming
to the base for handouts?'

♪ Nothing will stop
the Army Air Corps ♪♪

[male #3]
'Oh, man, not another one.'

Bad enough we gotta deal
with 'em at home.

Now they're taking
over the base too?

War's got this whole country
turned upside-down.

Miss Lynn, I presume.

Reporting for duty, ma'am.

Miss Lynn thinks
she's an HP, ladies.

That right?
Think you're a hot pilot?

Not an HP, ma'am.

A Miss HP.

[all laughing]

Army won't tolerate tardiness
or grandstanding.

Neither will I.

You girls have the honor
and privilege

to be of the first women
trained by the Army Air Force.

You may be good pilots, Miss HP

but here, you'll learn
to fly the Army way.

Captain James.

Ladies, you either check out
with me, or you wash out.

Fail your check flights

can't pass ground school

have an attitude

I will wash you out.

Captain.

Hey, can you teach me
to fly like that?

Say, if you're giving out
free lessons, sign me up too.

Just 'cause cowgirl
can dust a few crops

doesn't mean she can handle
a supercharged V-12 Army plane.

Oh, hell, if it's got wings
and an engine, I can fly it.

[all laughing]

Ah, must be hard making ends
meet since PMI canned you.

Detective, to what
do I owe the pleasure?

You here for a loan?

Wonder if the good people
at Emerson Mutual

know who they're considering
giving money to.

You're kidding me, right?

Attempted homicide
of a police officer.

Now, that's got to
hurt your FICO score.

Cute trick,
putting the boot on my car.

You just don't know
when to quit, do you?

Hard time making
those payments from jail.

You sure you wanna do this?

You'd be surprised
what I can do, Moe.

[radio chatter]

Alarm clock broke?

Had to go to the bank.

What have we got?

Environmental group's
trying to turn

the reservoir
into a bird sanctuary.

Consultant found
this P-51 Mustang

With skeletal
remains.

Huh!

Huh, that's some bird.

Mustang was a World War II
combat plane.

My father flew one
in the war.

Who's the pilot?

Vivian...Lynn.

Female pilot in World War II?

Vivian was a member of the WASP.

Women Air force Service Pilots.

Veterans Affairs says one
of 'em went missing in 1944.

Guess we found her.

Thought women pilots
weren't accepted

in the military till the '70s.

WASP weren't military.

They flew as civilians
on non-combat missions.

CSU found
this waterproof rucksack

'stashed in the wing's
bullet compartment.'

What kind of mission
you need a skirt and heels for?

And no one saw
the plane go down?

Area was mostly farmland
back in '44

but the NTSB said her oil and
coolant lines were switched.

Looking at a case of sabotage.

Someone wanted
this flier grounded.

[theme music]

[Rush]
"Vivian Lynn, 22 years old

grew up on a farm
in Belle Plaine, Iowa."

[Vera]
Here.

Flew a crop duster
for her family.

"Applied for the
WASP program in '43."

[Vera]
'Young Betties in a cockpit?'

Think I would have heard
of 'em before now.

Vivian was stationed
in Wilmington, Delaware

at New Castle Army Air Base.

She took off June 2, 1944,
at 0600 hours

to deliver the P-51 to..

...Camp Davis in North Carolina?

Declared missing in service
when she never showed.

Army searched
for her plane till July.

The orders were to fly south,
but her plane was in Philly

so why was she traveling north?

Back then,
most planes didn't have radar.

Some of them didn't
even have radios.

You couldn't track a plane
once it was in the air.

So, Vivian was bucking
her orders?

- Flying somewhere else?
- Doer had access to her plane.

Knew how to switch
coolant and oil lines.

Could be a mechanic.

Can't imagine the men were
too happy sharing their base.

I'll check the records
for anyone fits the bill.

Ask the base for flight
schedules, accident reports.

Bunkmate was Betty Joe Henders.

Lives in Germantown.

If anyone had a beef
with Vivian, she'd know.

Can't wait to meet one
of these Betties.

Slow down.
Just slow down, Pops.

Wha-what do you mean

money's missing
from your account?

Well, what do you want me to do?

Ask ma.

Yeah, I'm at work.
I'll-I'll call you back.

[sighs]

Found the WASP C.O.
Iris Keening.

Still in Wilmington, Delaware.

Huh, headed up the search party
for Vivian herself.

Well, go have a talk, see
if she can shed some light

on why Vivian was flying over
the City of Brotherly Love.

Army said winds
caused the crash

but that girl could have flown
through a tornado

and been in the mess hall
at chowtime.

Ah, you headed
up the search party?

Thirty eight girls died
in crashes during the two years

the program was up and running.

- Brave women.
- Pioneers.

Knew if they failed, no women
after them would stand a chance.

Who would have had access
to Vivian's plane?

Um, known how to
switch the lines?

Hmm, mechanics, instructors,
all the pilots.

Any ideas why she
was flying off course?

Rumor was, she had a boyfriend.

[Iris]
'City slicker in Manhattan.'

Remember a name?

Vivian wasn't like
the other gals.

Showed up late to her first day

hot doggin' in her own
crop duster.

Attitude didn't get
her washed out?

Can't wash out your best pilot.

I needed her on the schedule.

Anyone you think of
had a problem with her?

Vivian had a habit of
rubbing people the wrong way.

Hate to say it, but "Miss HP"
only cared about one person..

...herself.

[Al Dexter singing
"Pistol Packin' Mama"]

♪ Lay that pistol down babe
lay that pistol down ♪

♪ Pistol packin' mama ♪

♪ Lay that pistol down ♪

♪ Oh drinkin' beer
in a cabaret ♪

♪ Was I havin' fun ♪

♪ Until one night
she caught me right ♪

♪ Now I'm on the run ♪

♪Oh lay that pistol down babe♪

♪ Lay that pistol down ♪

♪ Pistol packin' mama ♪♪

Edna!

Come on,
give her some oxygen.

'There you go,
there you go.'

'Just breathe.'

♪ They don't like
the way we play ♪

♪ We're a rough rootin' tootin'
shootin' trio ♪

♪ But you oughta see
my sister Cleo ♪

♪ She's a terror,
make no error ♪♪

Miss Lynn, you've
set a new record.

All for one.
Huh, Viv?

Reckon you could have
at least given her a hand.

Somebody's got to fly
the plane for you nurses.

She wasn't interested
in making friends.

Each week, the WASP flight
scores were posted on a chart.

And Vivian wanted to be on top.

Wouldn't settle
for anything less.

Gonna need a list of those WASP.
Their instructor, too.

It's all in my book.

Listed alphabetically
in the appendix.

"Happy landings always."

What we WASP say
instead of goodbye.

Betty Joe Henders?

Y'all call me Grammy.

Everybody else does.

You were a pursuit
pilot, right?

Lifetime ago. Never fit in those
itty-bitty cockpits now.

You understand.

Detectives Jeffries, Vera.

You were Vivian Lynn's bunkmate
at New Castle Airbase?

Haven't heard that name in ages.

Detectives?

Thought bad weather
caused the crash.

How'd you two get along?

Peas in a pod.

Both from small towns,
poor families.

You fly a crop duster too?

I took the Army's civil course
for my pilot's license.

[chuckles]

Had to beg my cousin Donald

for the last sawbuck,
just to afford the classes.

When was the last time
you saw Vivian?

Day or two
before she disappeared.

She ever talk about going
to New York, meet a boyfriend?

Gals were all khaki wacky,
but not Viv.

'Course we didn't call the base
"The Snake Pit" for nothing.

[jazz music]

Huh! Kick the tires and light
the fires. I'm on a roll.

You wanna go again?

Game's making me thirsty.

Think I'll get some juice.

Suit yourself, Louise.

Hey, what do you say, Edna?

Can't you let her win
just once?

Don't see any of them flyboys
throwing a game.

So...army's made it clear,
we ain't one of 'em.

Doing the same job,
not getting paid near as much.

It won't change either till
we show them we're as tough

as they are.

Tougher even.

You need a lesson there, doll?

You can call me Wolf.

I could teach you
a thing or two.

You see, it's..

it's all in the wrist.

Gosh, are you a real-life pilot?

[Wolf]
'Shouldn't even be
telling you this.'

Loose lips
sink ships and all.

I fly the B-26.

So, they call it the Widow Maker

'cause the last three pilots..

...bought the farm.

"The Widow Maker?"
That sounds dangerous.

Say, you're not married,
are you?

No, I'm lookin' for somebody
to fill the position.

Maybe you'd like to apply.

Gettin' ahead
of yourself, flyboy.

You ain't seen nothin' yet.

Hey, get your meat hooks
off of me!

You're gonna regret
that, little miss.

Wolf was lathered up, alright.

Won't take a no
for an answer.

He didn't know
Vivian was a WASP?

Lordy no, we were in our civvies

due to the fundamental dislike
of a woman in uniform.

This Wolf's got a real name?

Just knew him as Wolf.

Us girls kept a "Naughty"
and "Nice" list by the phone.

Vivian put him
on the Naughty side.

No one went
near that animal again.

One pilot
with the call sign Wolf.

- Herbert James.
- Herbert?

No wonder he preferred Wolf.

Any relation to Frank James,
the WASP's instructor?

Brothers. Whole family
of flyboys.

Guy had a real problem
with women.

There's, uh,
five charges of misconduct.

Way of saying
"sexual harassment"

back in the day.

Vivian goes missing
two weeks after Wolf

harassed her at the all-ranks
club on base.

He was completing
his final flight test that day.

Would've had access
to the hangar.

Oh, maybe Wolf decided
he wasn't gonna be

the only one to crash and burn.

You wanna explain
this complaint?

It was filed with
Internal Affairs last night

by Moe Kitchener.

Ah, we aren't doing our jobs
if we don't get

some complaints, right?

Situation's interfering
with your job, Lil.

Wouldn't be, if
the judge did his job.

I understand what
you're going through.

But Doherty's looking
for excuses like this.

The whole division
is under scrutiny.

I hear you, boss.

Good.

You're a hard man
to find, Herbert.

Kicked out of five retirement
homes for spreading a VD.

Four retirement homes.

And it was those broads
gave that VD--

I-I d-don't wanna hear it.

Spend much time at the bar,
when you were stationed

in New Castle, Wolf?

[Wolf]
New Castle, sure.

There was
some nice scenery.

Vivian Lynn part
of that scenery?

Vivian Lynn, the gal

that disappeared
in the Mustang, right?

Mustang took a nose dive
in the Roxborough Reservoir.

Wasn't an accident after all.

Now, wait a second. You sayin'
I had something to do with it?

Heard she gave you quite
the spanking

two weeks before she crashed.

[Vera]
Pulled a Little Red
Riding Hood on you.

You gotta
show her who's boss.

Oh, you got it
all wrong, fellas.

Even a wolf knows you don't bite
the hand that feeds you.

[jazz music]

Come on, Frank,
let me skip this one lesson.

You know, if you can't do
a favor for your own brother--

I do favors for you, how you
gonna learn responsibility?

Okay, Widow Maker's
a flying coffin.

Wanna send another
telegram home to ma?

Charlie ain't even cold yet.

Ma ain't losing
another son, Wolf.

You're not gonna crash.

Won't even get a chance
to drop a bomb on them Krauts.

Last three guys landed
in a smoking hole!

Three guys,
but no women.

[Frank]
'Vivs here, just earned
the first perfect score'

on the B-26.

She's a pilot?

She'll be teaching you
to fly The Widow Maker.

Vivian, meet your next student,
my brother Wolf.

Wolf, huh? Now, how'd you
get a name like that?

[Frank]
You got any tips for him?

He's fixing to wet
his flight suit.

Oh, it's all
in the wrist, flyboy.

[Iris]
Nice score, Miss HP!

Top of the chart.

Uh, ya'll know
what that means.

We have got
one hot pilot!

[all]
Better cool her off!

[Vivian]
No! No!

[Vivian squealing]

[all]
...two, three!

♪ Everyone will know
about this ♪

I gotta admit, she was
a pretty good teacher.

Never lost her cool.

Can't say the that
for the rest of 'em.

What do you mean?

Girls didn't belong
on that base.

Weren't meant to be pilots.

Sounds like you were still
trying to get even.

With Frank around?
Are you kiddin'?

Two Type-A pilots,
match made in Army heaven.

Saying your brother
had a thing for Vivian?

Well, I didn't know
it at the time

but yeah,
he was stuck on her.

- How long?
- Few weeks.

He was an officer,
I was a cadet.

I had to stand down.

Besides, bros before hos, huh?

New Castle archive department
can't locate the flight logs

or the monthly records.

Got mechanics records, but most
of them are pushing daisies.

Looked into the 38
WASP killed in wrecks.

One was in Vivian's class,
Edna Reed.

Accident report say anything
about her lines being switched?

Burned pistons. Looking like
routine mechanical failure.

I, uh, heard about the IAB.

Moe's complaint.

Oh, uh, hmm,
got him on the ropes.

Good.

You headed somewhere?

Uh, taking lost time.

Everything okay?

Sure, yeah, it's nothing.

Hey.

What color does this
look like to you?

Call it rucksack gray.

Mind if I borrow that?

[Scotty]
'Hey, ma.'

Scotty, what are
you doing here?

Ah, I was just driving past.

I saw you walking
out of the doctor's.

Everything okay?

Uh, yeah, I just had to

uh, take Mrs. Melztner

to, uh, Dr. Kantor's office.

You were in Suite 4A, right?

Says Dr. Ruben
on the directory.

Just driving by, huh?

You sick, ma?

You following me like
some kind of criminal?

Just...tell me
what's going on.

I've got a bad knee,
that's it.

Then why you paying in cash?

What is this,
the third degree?

Are you a cop,
or you're my son?

Mi hijo..

Will you trust me?

I'm fine.

It's just my knee.

Remember...how I could make
everything better..

...with a Rice Krispy treat?

Mm.

[chuckling]

- I'll see you.
- Bye, ma.

You close with
Vivian Lynn, Frank?

She was my best
student, ma'am.

She something
more than that?

Well, I guess you could say
we were an item.

I kept it quiet
'cause I was her instructor.

Hey, what's this about?

Well, Vivian's plane
was sabotaged.

Your girl was flying
off course, Frank.

Do you know why?

She was an ace navigator.

Male pilots used to follow
her back to the base.

She was the only one
who could always find her way.

Chance she was flying
to meet a new steady?

Oh, no, ma'am.

A lot of things can go wrong
in a relationship..

...spirited girl like that.

Look here, I loved Vivian.

I admired her for what she
was doing for her country.

They weren't all
as patriotic.

[jazz music]

Thought I'd find you here.

I've never seen
anything like it.

One of a kind.

Who do you think
they'll let fly it?

Know anyone
with perfect scores?

[chuckles]

♪ And I find you spinning
round in my brain ♪

Fly this, I might just break
the sound barrier someday.

Flipped your wig?

No one can survive flying
750 miles an hour, Viv.

Your heart'll seize up.

I know you miss
your baby brother.

This isn't about Charlie, Viv.

But you can't protect everyone.

The day my dad shipped out,
he wasn't scared at all.

But I was.

Must've been
a first for you.

He used to say we'd travel
with the wind and the stars.

This just might get me there.

I'll take that trip,
if you're piloting.

- Viv!
- Betty Joe?

Get your scrawny ass out here!

You been ripping
my ration books?

Next time I won't just
tear 'em up, I'll report you.

You best not be threatening me!

Stealing ration books,
you might as well

be taking bullets
from our boys' guns.

There a problem, ladies?

I wash out...sure as hell
gonna be.

♪ You go to my head ♪

♪ You go to my head ♪♪

I always thought Betty Joe
was a harmless Southern belle.

She was profiteering.

The war caused shortages..

...coffee, food, gasoline.

Had to have a government
ration book to buy 'em.

If anyone had gotten wind
of what she was doin'

she'd have been
tried for treason.

Betty Joe didn't
wash out, did she?

No, ma'am.

But three days later,
Vivian took off.

Never came back.

[Jeffries]
Thanks for coming in,
Betty Joe.

I know you wanted
to get your mums

in the ground today.

Said yesterday you had
to scrape together money

just to join the WASP.

Cousin Donald chipped in.

Remember what Donald did
during the war?

4-F.
He couldn't fight.

Worked a government job.

That's right.

Worked at a government
incineration station

burning ration books.

[Vera]
''Course they all didn't
find their way'

to the incinerator,
did they, Betty Joe?

Y'all are whistlin' Dixie.

[Jeffries]
'He'd sell them.
Only one problem.'

Had to get 'em
on the black market

before their serial
numbers expired.

That's where it was helpful
having access to a plane.

[sighs]

Not proud of what I did.

Husband gunned down
six months earlier over Berlin.

I did it for my babies.

[Vera]
'Those babies the reason
you had to keep Vivian quiet'

about the whole thing?

I didn't hurt Vivian.

I was upset 'cause I thought
all she wanted was to..

to wash out her competition.

Then I saw a whole
'nother side of her.

[Edna]
'I failed my last check ride.'

If I don't pass this one,
I'm gonna be washed out.

No one's washin' out. Just do as
I say, everything will be fine.

Is it true you learned
to fly your crop duster

when you were just six?

Flying's gotta be second nature.

Gotta know the controls
without even lookin' at 'em.

I don't know, Viv.

It's better
if I just wash out now.

I thought you said
you had a brother overseas.

Jimmy.

Call him Cricket.

Well, think of Cricket
when you fly.

The next plane you deliver
might just save his life.

[Vivian]
'The more air support
our boys get'

the more of 'em
that'll come home.

Do you got any family
in the war, Viv?

Army said my dad was too old.

Wanted him to fly trainers.

He insisted on crewing a B-17.

Got himself killed.

[Edna]
Battery. Propeller.
Booster pumps. Landing gear.

Yes! Hey, you're ready, Edna.

Gosh, you really think so, Viv?

Are you kiddin'?
You're a regular Miss HP.

[both laugh]

Took Vivian's advice myself.

Thought of my husband.

Reckoned I couldn't honor him
and do what I was doin'.

So you stopped smuggling ration
booklets right then and there?

Never got the chance
to tell her.

She was gone
by the time I got back.

Saying you weren't on base
when Vivian disappeared?

Off deliverin' a plane
to, uh, Sweetwater.

Still got my log book
to prove it.

We're gonna need to see that.

Got the monthly flight records
and schedules, too.

Saved everything.

Shame she never got
the one thing she wanted.

What was that?

To be the first woman
to fly that jet.

- Remember who was?
- Sure.

Vivian's main competition.

Louise Patterson.

Louise Patterson?

Yes?

Flew the Bell P-59, right?

First woman ever.

You two looking
for an interview?

You could say that.

Detectives Valens, Rush.

Remember your old WASP buddy,
Vivian Lynn?

Of course I remember Vivian.
Real live wire.

How'd you feel when Vivian
dusted you on the score chart?

Check your facts.

I was on top of the chart.

Oh, by default.

- The better pilot was murdered.
- Murdered?

Oh, dear God, how?

I read your cover story

in"TheAtlantic,"
September '54.

First woman to break
the sound barrier.

Said you'd do anything
to set that record.

That include getting rid
of your competition?

Look, you're right.

Vivian and I had a rocky start.

But we bonded in a way
I could never have imagined.

[explosion]

Crash! It's Edna!

- No!
- 'Vivian..'

- No!
- Wait!

[Vivian]
'No!'

No, no, no.

There is nothing you
could have done.

No, Edna was ready.
I taught her myself.

Checked her plane myself.

Someone did this to her!

[siren wailing]

♪ Off we go ♪

♪ Into the wild blue yonder ♪

♪ Climbin' high
into the sun ♪

♪ Here they come zooming
to meet our thunder ♪

♪ At 'em boys ♪

♪ Give 'er the gun ♪

♪ Down we dive ♪

♪ Spouting our flame
from under ♪

♪ Off with one
heck of a roar ♪

♪ We live in fame ♪

♪ Or we go down in flame ♪

♪ Nothing can stop
the Army Air Corps ♪♪

Not a day goes by I don't think
about one of those women.

Vivian thought the men
wanted the WASP gone?

WASP were doing the same jobs
as male pilots.

Freeing up men
for combat duty.

Only by this time,
the war was winding down.

Army had enough pilots.
It needed infantry.

Some of the guys were afraid
they were gonna lose their jobs?

And be drafted as foot soldiers.

What ya got, Scotty?

Uh, Army said, uh, Edna's crash
was a mechanical failure

due to clogged fuel lines
and burned pistons.

But this maintenance report

says her lines were flushed
two days prior.

Airport mechanic I spoke to said

they should've still
been squeaky clean.

What if Vivian was
on to the sabotage?

Doer decides
to silence her for good.

Mechanic say what could cause
the pistons to burn?

The only thing he could think
of was sugar in the gas tank.

But sugar was hard to come by
during the war.

Not if you were in the Army.

You still got the
New Castle PX ledgers?

Uh, yeah. Uh..

Uh, here.

Sugar was bought
the day before Edna crashed.

Ten pounds.

That's enough to gum up
the works of any engine.

Signed for by one, FrankJames.

[Rush]
Cool your engines, Saccardo.

I'll be there in ten.

Okay, me, too.

[Rush laughs]

Bye.

Big date tonight?

I was just heading out
to mess with you some more.

You wanna back up
your car now?

Car dry up or they
got you a new one?

I saidbackaway.

You gonna shoot me,
detective?

Now, how do you think that'll
look after I filed a complaint?

The more you push,
the less I have to lose.

[sighs]

Been reading up
on my WASP history.

You got something
off Vivian's skirt?

Sent it to Criminalistics
on a hunch.

Found traces
of "Alizarin cyanines."

Hmm, some kind of chemical?

Uh, used in Santiago Blue dye.

Skirt was a part
of Vivian's dress uniform.

[Vera]
'She wasn't flying north
for a date.'

She was on official business.

[Stillman]
Lil, Frank's in the box.

You ready?

Fear is a funny thing,
isn't it, Frank?

I don't know what you mean, sir.

You were drafted in '43,
supposed to ship off to Europe.

But you became
a flight instructor instead.

Kept you on American soil.

I served my country, sir.

[Stillman]
'WASP wanted to be
recognized as equals.'

Have the same benefits
as Army men.

But if that happened

there'd be even fewer jobs
for men stateside.

You might've been
dodging bullets

on a beach
in Normandy instead.

I lost a baby brother
over there.

You think maybe you could scare
them into quitting, Frank?

Hmm, you a tough guy?

I get to do that, too.

I helped those girls.

Anything they needed,
I was there for 'em.

This your signature, Frank?

That much sugar'd do
a real number on an engine.

I didn't sign this.

You're saying someone
forged your signature?

Vivian tried to tell me..

...but I wouldn't listen.

Viv? Is that you?

I had to see you.

Get caught past taps,
they'll wash you out.

I checked the mechanic's log.

Edna's fuel lines were flushed
two days ago.

Slow down.

Her plane shouldn't
have stalled, Frank.

Viv, you're upset.

I saw Wolf milling around the
hangar last night by himself.

He said he was filling
out his flight log

but I know what he was doing.

I think he sabotaged
Edna's plane.

Wolf would never do that.

You know how he feels
about us girls.

It's not like
he tries to hide it.

He's my brother, Viv.

My brother.

Edna was my friend.
And she's dead.

You know what
my family's been through.

Your family got a star
to hang in the window.

What does Edna's family get?

The Army won't even pay
to send her home.

You want a damn star?

I want Wolf court-martialed.

I love you..

...but planes crash, Viv.

[scoffs]

I thought we
were gonna travel

with the wind
and the stars.

God help me
for not believing Vivian.

My mother had already lost
a son in the war.

I couldn't let her
lose another.

Wolf know Vivian
was on his tail?

I confronted him
about what she'd told me.

He just denied it.

When was that?

It was the night
before she disappeared.

All these years..

...I looked out for him..

...put him first.

Think he'd do
the same for you?

Just got to get you
to sign a bail petition

for your brother, Wolf.

Bail?
What'd Frank do?

Laced Edna Reed's tank
with ten pounds of sugar.

Turning him over
to the MPs for Edna's murder.

Frank wouldn't hurt a fly.

Got a New Castle PX ledger
with his signature on it.

[door shuts]

It wasn't Frank.

It was me.

[Wolf]
'Drank through my paycheck
that month.'

I had to charge everything
to Frank's account.

I put that sugar in Edna's tank.

I mean, me and the guys had
done it to other gals before.

I figured she'd have hit
the silk like the others did

parachute out
when the engine stalled.

Report said the latch
on the cockpit was broken.

I didn't know
about that latch.

She tried to bail out,
and she couldn't.

She was trapped.

I didn't mean
to hurt that girl.

I still have nightmares
about it to this day.

Gonna need the names
of your co-conspirators.

No, I'm taking the
bullet on this one.

No sense in tarnishing
their memories.

Should've done it anyway
the night I went to see Vivian.

You saw Vivian
before she disappeared?

I pleaded with her
not to report me.

And she didn't listen

so you took matters
into your own hands?

No, I wouldn't touch a hair
on that girl's head.

Even if I wanted to,
I couldn't.

Why is that?

She'd already filed a report.

I saw her signature
and everything.

I just went back
to the barracks

packed my duffel and waited.

MP's never came.

So who'd she file
that report with?

When someone filed a report
with you, what'd you do with it?

Sent it up the chain of command.

So when Vivian filed a report
about Edna Reed's crash

you send that up?

Edna's crash
was an accident.

There wasn't a report.

Weak sheep like Edna.

Nothing but a drain
on your program.

You were probably happy

to have someone
thin out the herd.

You ask me,
they were probably all weak.

Women fly as well as men.
It's on the record.

Women took more money to train,
had more accidents.

They can't hack
it in the sky.

Enough, Scotty.

Get some air.

Yes, ma'am.

[Rush sighs]

I apologize for my partner.

I know what it's like.

You show one crack--

Wolves tear you to pieces.

Yeah.

You know, I finished
reading your book.

You fought hard
for those girls.

Had to fly every month
to Mitchell Field

to file a report
with General Stockton.

Orders to keep him in the loop.

Made him see how important
the WASP were to the country.

You said Viv might have had
a boyfriend in Manhattan?

You still believe that?

Gal could have been flying
a million different places.

How do I know?

Now..

Which bases are
north of Wilmington?

Otis in Massachusetts,
Mitchell Field in Long Island.

So if she were flying
to Mitchell Field

what would her landmarks
have been?

After all these years,
hard to remember.

But you flew it every month.

Listen, I don't know
what you're gettin' at--

Would Philly have been
a landmark?

One of the landmarks, yes.

You know why Vivian would have
packed her Santiago Dress Blues?

We found it in
the bullet compartment.

Maybe she was going
to see someone important

like the general.

I led the search party
for Vivian.

She was my best pilot.

Yeah, but the day Vivian left

you put out next month's
flight schedule

and your best pilot
wasn't on it.

And there's only one
explanation for that, Iris.

Is you knew that Vivian
wasn't coming back.

I fought for those girls.
You said it yourself.

But your program
was under attack

and men were looking
for any excuse to shut it down.

Heard some zipperheads saying
the only way

to keep us out of their jobs
was to knock us out of the sky.

And Edna's "accident"
was a crack.

If they knew men
were targeting us WASP

it would've made headlines.
We would've lost it all.

But Vivian wouldn't stop
till everyone knew.

You buried that report
for the greater good.

Women fly combat today
because of the WASP.

Because of what we did.

Little girls look up to me.

I speak for the WASP.

I speak for you.

I speak for Vivian.

She left me no choice.

MP's still haven't
picked up Wolf.

There's no formal investigation
of Edna's crash.

- Your point, Miss Lynn?
- You canned my report.

Do you know what'll happen
if they find out

a man sabotaged a WASP plane?

How this will look?

It'll look like
what it is, murder.

They're fighting a war, Vivian.

You know how they'll fix this?
They'll shut us down.

That's what you're worried
about, the program?

What about Edna?

Edna is gone.

There is nothing we can do
to bring her back, Vivian.

Our job now is to take care
of all the WASP.

If the program is shut down,
we all have to stop flying.

You'll never fly that jet.

Edna deserves justice.

She would do the same
for me, for all of us.

No one needs to know that you
illegally covered up my report

if you send it
up the chain today.

You're right.

I don't know what
I was thinking.

Go to Mitchell Field.

Tell Stockton in person
what happened to Edna.

General Stockton, ma'am?

Don't ever let it be said
I don't look out for my girls.

Thank you, ma'am.

Vivian.

Gonna need
your Santiago Blues.

Yes, ma'am.

Happy landings.

Always.

♪ I'll walk alone ♪

♪ Because to tell you
the truth ♪

♪ I'll be lonely ♪

♪ I don't mind being lonely ♪

♪ When my heart tells me
you are lonely too ♪

♪ I'll walk alone ♪

♪ They'll ask me why ♪

♪ And I'll tell them
I'd rather ♪

♪ There are dreams ♪

♪ I must gather ♪

♪ Dreams we fashioned
the night ♪

♪ If you call I'll hear you ♪

♪ No matter how far ♪

♪ Just close your eyes ♪

♪ And I'll be there ♪

♪ Please walk alone ♪

♪ And send your love
and your kisses ♪

♪ To guide me ♪

♪ Till you're walking
beside me ♪

♪ I'll walk alone ♪

♪ Till you're walking
beside me ♪

♪ I'll walk alone ♪

♪ I'll walk alone ♪♪

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