Evelyn Sharp was born October 1, 1919 in Melstone, Montana. She grew up in Ord, Nebraska. She learned to fly at age fourteen, and she soloed at sixteen. Two years later she received her commercial pilot's license, one of the youngest persons to achieve this rating.
In World War II, Evelyn joined the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, flying everything from training craft to bombers. She flew when it was rare for women to fly.
On April 3, 1944, at twenty-four, Evelyn Sharp was killed near Middleton, Pennsylvania, in the crash of a P-38 pursuit plane. She is buried in Ord.
Nebraska Nellie
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