Private First Class Emma J. Burrows
Before joining the Women’s Army Corps, Burrows-Windham majored in aeronautical engineering at the University of California. She held a civilian pilot's license and was credited with 349 flying hours. Burrows-Windham was the director of flying for the New Mexico Wing of Women Flyers when asked to join the WAC. She served in the European Theater of Operations where her wings were a matter of such curiosity that Military Policemen stopped her on the streets to ask her authority for wearing the air crew member's insignia. Windham earned her wings while stationed at Gore Field, Mo. Qualifying for the dual rating of crew chief and flight engineer, Windham completed many flights from Montana to Fairbanks, Alaska, and cross-country from Montana to Florida. She passed away, March 31, 1945, when the C-17 she was in collided with a C-47 over England.
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