Dates

• Existence: 1926 July 29 - 1992 October 19

Biographical Note: Margery Watson

Margery Watson worked as a draftsperson on the design team for the P-51 Mustang during World War II.

Margery Watson was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 29, 1926 to Edward E. Watson and Adrienne Moody. She grew up in Pasadena, California. While attending the Pasadena Polytechnical Institute in 1943, she was hired to be a draftsperson at North American Aviation (NAA) in Inglewood, California. She worked with the design team headed by Edgar Schmued, test pilots and ground crew involved in the development of the P-51 Mustang during World War II. Her specialty was the numerous modifications to the P-51 radiator scoop, her favorite drafting tool being the French curve. She and the design team added their new designs and performed tests on a prototype P-51 nicknamed "Baby," her favorite aircraft of her time at NAA.

Watson left NAA in 1945 when she married United States Marine Edward Fuchs. She passed away in San Francisco, California on October 19, 1992.

Sources: Biographical information derived from collection materials and from records on Ancestry.com.

Places

• Chicago (Ill.) (Place of Birth)
• Illinois (Place of Birth)
• California (Residence)
• Inglewood (Calif.) (Residence)
• Pasadena (Calif.) (Residence)
• San Francisco (Calif.) (Place of Death)

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