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Feb. 24, 1943

Dear Mom:
I had the most exciting trip on Monday! One other girl and I took Bt's into Arkansas and I got to do all the navigating and did it fine, even with radio trouble.
There, being first girl-pilots, we were mobbed by people and scorted to the officers club and mess. We were to get a 7:15 bust out of there but they wanted us to stay longer so they flew us into Memphis to catch an airliner.
Mom, I'll never forget that ride at nite [sic]. We made a formation take-off and flew [illegible] close for quite a ways guided by our wing-tip lights only.
All of a sudden our two planes separated and swish- we were in a snap-roll. From there to Memphis we did all kinds of acrobatics and it was wonderful. It was thrilling

Part of [Letter from Dorothy Scott to her mother, February 24, 1943]