Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story Poster

Wings of Silver: The Vi Cowden Story 2010

33 min📅 2010-04-01

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

Overview

“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!

Director: Mark C. Bonn

Cast

Vi Cowden
Vi Cowden