CinemaOSMovie · 2010 · 0h 33m

Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story

When the country needed every man, she answered the call.

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“Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story,” follows one 93-year-old woman’s journey from the Black Hills of South Dakota where she learned to fly biplanes, to flying fighter planes for the Army Air Corps in 1943 & ’44. Vi was among these first women in United States history to fly military planes, and one of 114 who flew Pursuit Planes like the P51 and Thunderbolt!

Directed byMark C. Bonn

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 33m
Language
EN
Released
April 1, 2010
Studios
My Monkey House Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

Vi Cowden

Vi Cowden

Creative team
Directed by
Mark C. Bonn
Produced by
Christine Seibert Bonn

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