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* AccidentalMurder: Wolf didn't want to kill anyone when he sabotaged Edna's plane but she died in the resulting crash.
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** Herbert "Wolf" James sabotaged Edna’s plane to scare the [=WASPs=] into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.
** Frank didn’t listen to Vivian’s suspicions against his brother. When he finds out that she might have been right about Hebert, he is horrified that not only did his surviving brother really commit murder, but he brushed off the girl he loved, possibly leading to her death.

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** Herbert "Wolf" James sabotaged Edna’s plane as a joke to scare the [=WASPs=] into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.
** Frank didn’t listen to Vivian’s suspicions against his brother. When he finds out that she might have been right about Hebert, Herbert, he is horrified that not only did his surviving brother really commit murder, but he brushed off the girl he loved, possibly leading to her death.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Hebert hadn’t sabotaged Edna’s plane, Vivian wouldn’t have tried to file a report against him, motivating her supervisor to silence her for good [[WellIntentionedExtremist to save the WASP program]].

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Hebert Herbert hadn’t sabotaged Edna’s plane, Vivian wouldn’t have tried to file a report against him, motivating her supervisor to silence her for good [[WellIntentionedExtremist to save the WASP program]].
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* ManipulativeBastard: Iris pretended to relent on Vivian reporting Herbert and convinced her to directly inform their superiors in New York in order to set Vivian up for her death. She then doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.

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* ManipulativeBastard: ManipulativeBitch: Iris pretended to relent on Vivian reporting Herbert and convinced her to directly inform their superiors in New York in order to set Vivian up for her death. She then doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.
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* EvilCounterpart: Louise and Iris both disliked Vivian and both witnessed the crash which killed Edna. This mellowed Louise's attitude towards Vivian. Iris did not feel the same way. They are also both considered feminist pioneers in the present day.

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* EvilCounterpart: Louise and Iris both to Louise. Both disliked Vivian for her arrogance and both witnessed the crash which killed Edna. This Vivian's friendship with Edna and anger over her fate mellowed Louise's attitude towards Vivian. her but Iris did not feel the same way. They are also both considered feminist pioneers in the present day.

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* EvilCounterpart: Louise and Iris both disliked Vivian and both witnessed the crash which killed Edna. This mellowed Louise's attitude towards Vivian. Iris did not feel the same way. They are also both considered feminist pioneers in the present day.



* FinallyFoundTheBody: Vivian's plane crashed into a reservoir. She was finally found when the place was drained to make room for a bird sanctuary.



* ManipulativeBitch: Iris pretended to relent on Vivian reporting Herbert and convinced her to directly inform their superiors in New York in order to set Vivian up for her death. She then doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.

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* ManipulativeBitch: ManipulativeBastard: Iris pretended to relent on Vivian reporting Herbert and convinced her to directly inform their superiors in New York in order to set Vivian up for her death. She then doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.
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* ManipulativeBitch: Iris pretended to relent on Vivian reporting Herb and convinced her to directly inform their superiors in New York in order to set Vivian up for her death. She then doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.

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* ManipulativeBitch: Iris pretended to relent on Vivian reporting Herb Herbert and convinced her to directly inform their superiors in New York in order to set Vivian up for her death. She then doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.
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* FallenHero: Iris's celebrity is sure to take a hit now that she's been revealed as a murderer.

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* FallenHero: Iris's celebrity status is sure to take a hit now that she's been revealed as a murderer.
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* SmugSnake: Iris explains to Lilly that the WASP's customary greeting is "Happy landings, always". This was the last thing she told Vivian and her low-key of dangling her crime in front of a police detective.

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* SmugSnake: Iris explains to Lilly that the WASP's customary greeting is "Happy landings, always". This was the last thing she told Vivian and is her low-key way of dangling her crime in front of a police detective.

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* FallenHero: Iris's celebrity is sure to take a hit now that she's been revealed as a murderer.



* FallenHero: Iris's celebrity is sure to take a hit now that she's been revealed as a murderer.


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* SmugSnake: Iris explains to Lilly that the WASP's customary greeting is "Happy landings, always". This was the last thing she told Vivian and her low-key of dangling her crime in front of a police detective.
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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Iris's celebrity is sure to take a hit now that she's been revealed as a murderer.]]

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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Iris's Iris's celebrity is sure to take a hit now that she's been revealed as a murderer.]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vivian at first seems to be the type to sell out her friends to get to the top (as demonstrated when she abandoned Edna to finish the Oxygen Deprivation test) yet she becomes a mentor for less experienced pilots. [[spoiler:The image of Vivian being a jerk makes it easier for Iris to kill her.]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vivian at first seems to be the type to sell out her friends to get to the top (as demonstrated when she abandoned Edna to finish the Oxygen Deprivation test) test), yet she becomes a mentor for less experienced pilots. [[spoiler:The The image of Vivian being a jerk makes it easier for Iris to kill her.]]



* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Iris doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.]]

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* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Iris ManipulativeBitch: Iris pretended to relent on Vivian reporting Herb and convinced her to directly inform their superiors in New York in order to set Vivian up for her death. She then doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.]]
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* DistantFinale: The surviving pilots Betty Jo and Louise visit the old air base and imagine seeing Vivian on their first day.

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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Iris's celebrity is sure to take a hit now that she's been revealed as a murderer.]]



* LongDeadBadass: Viv's father, although it's unclear ''how'' long he's been dead. He taught her to be a crop duster, and insisted on flying bombers during the war even though the government offered to make him a training instructor due to his age. He was killed in action as a result.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vivian at first seems to be the type to sell out her friends to get to the top (as demonstrated when she abandoned Edna to finish the Oxygen Deprivation test) yet she becomes a mentor for less experienced pilots. [[spoiler:The image of Vivian being a jerk makes it easier for Iris to kill her.]]
* LongDeadBadass: Viv's father, although it's unclear ''how'' long he's been dead. He taught her to be a crop duster, and insisted on flying bombers during the war even though the government offered to make him a training instructor due to his age. He was killed in action as a result. result.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Iris doctored the logs to hide where Vivian was going and even led the search party to confuse everyone.]]

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Iris was afraid Vivian trying to file a report and accuse a soldier of sabotaging Edna’s plane would have given the higher-up men incentive to shut down the WASP program. So she, too, sabotaged Vivian’s plane, setting her up to crash before she reached the office to make her report.



** Herbert "Wolf" James sabotaged Edna’s plane scare the [=WASPs=] into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.

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** Herbert "Wolf" James sabotaged Edna’s plane to scare the [=WASPs=] into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.



* SheKnowsTooMuch: Iris was afraid Vivian trying to file a report and accuse a soldier of sabotaging Edna’s plane would have given the higher-up men incentive to shut down the WASP program. So she, too, sabotaged Vivian’s plane, setting her up to crash before she reached the office to make her report.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Hebert hadn’t sabotaged Edna’s plane, Vivian wouldn’t have tried to file a report against him, motivating her supervisor to silence her for good to save the WASP program.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Hebert hadn’t sabotaged Edna’s plane, Vivian wouldn’t have tried to file a report against him, motivating her supervisor to silence her for good [[WellIntentionedExtremist to save the WASP program.program]].

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* FireForgedFriends: Viv and Louise are rivals who are competing for the right to fly a jet, but bond over their shared grief when their squadron mate Edna dies in a crash.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Frank is a brave, considerate, and responsible training officer, while his brother Wolf is misogynistic and immature.



* LongDeadBadass: Viv's father, although it's unclear ''how'' long he's been dead. He taught her to be a crop duster, and insisted on flying bombers during the war even though the government offered to make him a training instructor due to his age. He was killed in action as a result.



** Herbert sabotaged Edna’s plane scare the [=WASPs=] into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.

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** Herbert "Wolf" James sabotaged Edna’s plane scare the [=WASPs=] into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.


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* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Viv's commanding officer Iris calls her selfish while being interviewed, even though everyone else paints a better picture of Viv. Iris is also the killer.
* TakingTheHeat: Wolf mentions that several other people helped him tamper with the planes of female pilots (it's unclear if he was the leader or just an accomplice). However, he refuses to reveal their names to lessen his own punishment, saying that they're dead and he won't disgrace their memories.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Iris was afraid Vivian trying to file a report and accuse a soldier of sabotaging Edna’s plane would have given the higher-up men incentive to shut down the WASP program. So she, too, sabotaged Vivian’s plane, setting her up to crash before she reached the office to make her report.


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* VillainHasAPoint: While Iris was in no way justified in what she did, she did have a point that ValuesDissonance in the forties meant the men in charge ''would'' take the scandal as an excuse to shut down the WASP program.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Hebert hadn’t sabotaged Edna’s plane, Vivian wouldn’t tried to file a report against him, motivating her supervisor to silence her for good to save the WASP program.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Hebert hadn’t sabotaged Edna’s plane, Vivian wouldn’t have tried to file a report against him, motivating her supervisor to silence her for good to save the WASP program.program.
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** Herbert sabotaged Edna’s plane scare the WASPs into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.

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** Herbert sabotaged Edna’s plane scare the WASPs [=WASPs=] into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.
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The remains of Vivian Lynn and her plane are found in Philly, prompting the team to look into her disappearance in 1944 while she was serving as a WASP in World War II.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Herbert sabotaged Edna’s plane scare the WASPs into quitting, thinking that she would bail before she got hurt. But Edna couldn’t get out in time, and died in a fiery crash. Even sixty years later, Herbert still has nightmares about what he did.
** Frank didn’t listen to Vivian’s suspicions against his brother. When he finds out that she might have been right about Hebert, he is horrified that not only did his surviving brother really commit murder, but he brushed off the girl he loved, possibly leading to her death.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Hebert hadn’t sabotaged Edna’s plane, Vivian wouldn’t tried to file a report against him, motivating her supervisor to silence her for good to save the WASP program.

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