Grace E. Axness
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Ms. Axness served in World War II.
She served in the U.S. Army, in the Air Women’s Army Corps (Air WAC). For a time she was assigned to David-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona, where she assisted in heavy bomber combat crew pilot training as an innerphone operator.
On March 12, 1944, her rank was Corporal.
Her hometown was Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Source: Duluth News-Tribune, March 12, 1944 (see below)
“AIR-WAC CPL. GRACE E. AXNESS of Grand Rapids, Minn., gives Link trainer flying instruction by innerphone to a heavy bomber combat crew pilot in training at Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Ariz. She was a doctor’s assistant before joining the Women’s Army corps.”
