Effat Tejaratchi becomes the first Iranian woman to earn her pilot's license.[13] January 1: The first eight women were appointed to the Air Transport Auxiliary.[77] Major Phyllis Dunning (née Phyllis Doreen Hooper) became the first South African woman to enter full-time military service as the Commander of the South African Women's Auxiliary Air Force (SAWAAF)[78] Mirta Vanni became the first woman commercial pilot in Uruguay.[79]