428-GX-USN-1175088: Lieutenant Donna Lynn Spruill, July 1979
![428-GX-USN-1175088: Lieutenant Donna Lynn Spruill, July 1979. A C-1 trader cargo transport aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Donna Lynn Spruill of Fleet Logistical Support Squadron 40, VRC-40, is launched from the flight deck of USS Independence (CV-12). Lieutenant Spruill was the first female Naval Aviator to qualify on an aircraft carrier in a fixed wing aircraft. Photographed July 20, 1979. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. 428-GX-USN-1175088: Lieutenant Donna Lynn Spruill, July 1979. A C-1 trader cargo transport aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Donna Lynn Spruill of Fleet Logistical Support Squadron 40, VRC-40, is launched from the flight deck of USS Independence (CV-12). Lieutenant Spruill was the first female Naval Aviator to qualify on an aircraft carrier in a fixed wing aircraft. Photographed July 20, 1979. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/diversity/women-in-the-navy/1970s/428-gx-usn-1175088/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1598548408642.jpg)
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- People--Women
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- Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
- Cold War
Navy Communities
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