▁awarded ▁the ▁Air ▁Medal . ▁ ▁London ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁an ▁Army ▁air base ▁in ▁Long ▁Beach , ▁California ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁squad ▁commander ▁and ▁was ▁there ▁along ▁with ▁Corn elia ▁Fort , ▁Ev ely n ▁Sh arp , ▁Barbara ▁Tow ne , ▁and ▁Bern ice ▁B atten . ▁She ▁took ▁many ▁long ▁tri ps ▁from ▁this ▁base ▁of ▁pick ing ▁up ▁and ▁deliver ing ▁plan es . ▁She ▁once ▁left ▁her ▁base ▁in ▁California ▁to ▁deliver ▁a ▁plane ▁in ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁" They ▁sent ▁me ▁up ▁to ▁Buff alo . ▁I ▁picked ▁up ▁an ▁air plane ▁there ▁and ▁delivered ▁it ▁to ▁Mont ana . ▁They ▁sent ▁me ▁from ▁there ▁to ▁Kansas ▁City , ▁where ▁I ▁picked ▁up ▁another ▁plane ▁and ▁took ▁it ▁to ▁Alabama , ▁which ▁put ▁me ▁on ▁the ▁East ▁Coast , ▁and ▁so ▁they ▁sent ▁me ▁up ▁to ▁Long ▁Island ▁for ▁another ▁plane ▁that ▁I ▁took ▁back ▁to ▁California . ▁I ▁was ▁gone ▁a ▁month -- with ▁one ▁change ▁of ▁clothes !" ▁Fem ale ▁pil ots ▁like ▁London ▁typically ▁carried ▁a ▁small ▁bag ▁of ▁clothes ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁room ▁in ▁the ▁plan es ▁they ▁fle w . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁London ▁became ▁only ▁woman ▁who ▁had ▁received ▁the ▁Air ▁Medal ▁after ▁flying ▁an ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁miles . ▁These ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁miles ▁consisted ▁of ▁four ▁separate ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁mile ▁tri ps ▁flow n ▁in ▁just ▁five ▁days ▁during ▁the ▁summer