Thousands of books and films have been made over the past 80 years celebrating the bravery of American servicemen during World War II. But what about the 25 American women pilots who also risked their lives serving in the Royal Air Force's Air Transport Auxiliary? Beginning in 1942, these professionally trained female pilots -- nicknamed "Atta-Girls," after their auxiliary's acronym (ATA) -- ferried new planes from factories in the United Kingdom to the front lines and flew badly damaged planes