Marge Hurlburt (December 30, 1914 – July 4, 1947)[1] was an American aviator who flew with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II and set a women's international air speed record in 1947.
[1] The pioneering aviator Jacqueline Cochran recruited her into the Womens Air Service Pilots (WASP) in 1943.
[5][6] After the war, she obtained her rating as a flight instructor and worked at the Willoughby airfield, where she began learning aerobatics in the AT-6 aircraft.
[4] That same year, she joined the Flying Tigers aerial circus to raise money for a midget racer she was designing known as the "Hurlburt Hurricane".
[1] Only a few days later, she was taking part in an air show at Decorah, Iowa, in a borrowed AT-6, when her aircraft crashed during a slow roll, killing her instantly.