Aviator, Artist Aline Rhonie

(Smithsonian Institution) - "Aline H Rhonie was known as a flying artist for her work encouraging female participation in the air defense program and British War Relief. She learned mural painting from Diego Rivera and painted the large aviation themed fresco mural in Hangar F at Roosevelt Field."

She was a native of York, PA. You can read more about her at the York Daily Record.

Photo: flickr/Smithsonian