Josh Cotton
Betty Bishop, a Rosie the Riveter, reunited with a P-63 Kingcobra 70 years after she worked on the planes at Bell Aircraft in Niagara Falls, NY.
Photo by John Willhoff
Courtesy of the Commemorative Air Force, Dixie Wing
WARREN, Pa. Back in November, Betty Bishop was flown from her home to Florida to participate in the dedication of a restored P-63 Kingcobra a World War II fighter aircraft.
That trip was 75 year in the making.
Bishop was a “Rosie the Riveter” who worked at the Bell Aircraft facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
But there’s so much more to her story than that.
jcotton@timesobserver.com
Photo by John Willhoff and courtesy of the Commemorative Air Force, Dixie Wing
Betty Bishop, a Rosie the Riveter, reunited with a P-63 Kingcobra 70 years after she worked on the planes at Bell Aircraft in Niagara Falls, NY.
Back in November, Betty Bishop was flown from her home to Florida to participate in the dedication of a restored P-63 Kingcobra a World War II fighter aircraft.
That trip was 75 year in the making.
Bishop was a “Rosie the Riveter” who worked at the Bell Aircraft facility in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
But there’s so much more to her story than that.
CAF Dedicates P-63 Kingcobra to Real Rosie The Riveter
CAF Dedicates P-63 Kingcobra to Real Rosie The Riveter
By Steve Forsyth, CAF Dixie Wing Public Information Officer
Betty Bishop could never have known that her WWII aircraft factory work when she was 18 would bring her a hero’s honor in 2020. Surrounded by a small crowd and numerous cameras, Betty watched in November as the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing unveiled the nose of its restored P-63
Kingcobra, with yellow paint exclaiming the aircraft’s new name, “Miss Betty.”
Betty’s story started in 1943 when she joined the ranks of the burgeoning population of Rosie the Riveters, the thousands of women who filled the workforce in shipyards and factories to power the United States’ Arsenal of Democracy.
By Steve Forsyth
Betty Bishop could never have known that her World War II aircraft factory job when she was 18 would bring her a hero’s honor in 2020.
Surrounded by a small crowd and numerous cameras, Betty watched in November as the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing unveiled the nose of its restored P-63 Kingcobra, with yellow paint exclaiming the aircraft’s new name, “Miss Betty.”
Betty’s story started in 1943 when she joined the ranks of the burgeoning population of Rosie the Riveters, the thousands of women who filled the workforce in shipyards and factories to power the United States’ Arsenal of Democracy.
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