There are two groups of WWII pilots who haven’t gotten anything like the notice I think they deserve, one being the Tuskegee Airmen, the other being the Womens Air Service Pilots, both of whom challenged the predominant roles “society” had chosen for them, and had to push themselves through obstacles that white male pilots didn’t. I don’t think their personal struggles have ever been adequately portrayed in popular culture or history (or in museum exhibits, for that matter), and I hope the African American History & Culture museum can remedy that for the Tuskegee Airmen. Both they and the WASPs are dying off at an alarming rate, and with them a lot of rich and important personal stories about their lives & times. I could easily imagine, for instance, an Air & Space exhibit on the WASPs, with ex-WASPs themselves serving as docents–assuming they’re able physically, and assuming enough of them in the DC area to be available. As far as I’m concerned, their “untold” stories are still largely untold, and I would love for Air & Space to remedy that in some way.