319th AAFFTD
She was the daughter of Percy Phelps Sanford and Mary S Burrows. She had a sister Mary Phelps Sanford Rumsey. She married USN Ensign Jack Henry Oldenburg.
She was a graduate of the University of California Berkeley 1932. She entered AAF flight training on 21 February 1943 at the Houston Municipal Airport, Texas.
She was the first trainee fatality in the WASP program.
She was killed in a routine training flight while piloting PT-19A #41-14801 approximately six miles south of the Houston Texas Army Air Field along with her Civilian Flight Instructor, Norris Goold Morgan.
She was one of thirty-eight WWII WASPs killed while in the service of their country.
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Many thanks to findagrave contributor Anonymous for going the extra mile in finding and confirming WASP Margaret Oldenburg's burial location.
319th AAFFTD
She was the daughter of Percy Phelps Sanford and Mary S Burrows. She had a sister Mary Phelps Sanford Rumsey. She married USN Ensign Jack Henry Oldenburg.
She was a graduate of the University of California Berkeley 1932. She entered AAF flight training on 21 February 1943 at the Houston Municipal Airport, Texas.
She was the first trainee fatality in the WASP program.
She was killed in a routine training flight while piloting PT-19A #41-14801 approximately six miles south of the Houston Texas Army Air Field along with her Civilian Flight Instructor, Norris Goold Morgan.
She was one of thirty-eight WWII WASPs killed while in the service of their country.
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Many thanks to findagrave contributor Anonymous for going the extra mile in finding and confirming WASP Margaret Oldenburg's burial location.
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