“Look up there, isn’t he gorgeous?” Sam and Kaitlin tilted their heads, curious about what their grandmother was referring to.
“Where?” Sam asked.
“That plane, of course?”Their grandmother replied, pointed at the blue and yellow plane hanging from the ceiling of the museum.
“Grandma, people usually call their plane a ‘she’.” Sam said.
“Not this plane. His name is Robert and he’s special to me. I helped fix him up, you know.”
“I didn’t know you can fly a plane, grandma.” Kaitlin spoke.
“Oh no, I’d never fly a plane. I may be an engineer but the idea of being sky-high in an open-top vehicle brings me to my knees. This was my grandmother’s plane. She flew it during Second World War.”
“My history book didn’t mention anything about women joining the army in World War II.” Kaitlin said.
“Women took on many roles while the men went to fight in the war. Some women, like your great-great-grandmother, were brave enough to go to fight in the front line and we are proud of that.”
(~175 words)
I am participating in Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writer, where we write a piece between 100 and 150 words (more or less 25 words) in length inspired by the photo prompt above. 
I guess we can play around with history of the days, when there was no internet. Future generations will ask for weblinks.
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Those were the days…
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Look up “Women Airforce Service Pilots” or “world war 2 wasps.” Incredible women who have barely been recognized by history.
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I agree, there are many women who did not get the recognition they deserve.
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I’ve done a lot of reading about the WASPs. They were fantastic.
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I’m sure they are.
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Nice little story, Yinglan. And thanks for the picture prompt as well.
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Thank you. 🙂
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I imagine there was a female flying a plane in WWI or WWII, but they wouldn’t have given her much recognition back in those days. Great story!
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I originally wanted to go with WWI but after researching the plane, I discovered this is a WWII plane. That’s why I picked WWII. Thank you for reading.
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We sometimes forget that women did far more than dig the land in the war. A delightful tale.
Welcome to Keith’s Ramblings!
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Thank you.
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Schools should stop taking fiction books off their library shelves and start correcting their history books!
Enjoyed this one.
Ellespeth
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I agree. 😀
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Nice story Yinglan full of women who did jobs that women didn’t often do in those days and carrying it the whole way you gave the plane a male name. Perfect.
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Thank you. 🙂
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A good reminder of those who have sacrificed and not been remembered.
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Absolutely!
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