Renee Zellweger signs on to star in Avenger Field for Peacock

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Just hours before her new NBC mini-series The Thing About Pam debuts, Renee Zellweger is going back to work for NBC parent company NBCUniversal.The 52-year-old actress has signed on to star in Avenger Field for Peacock, based on the true story of WWII fighter pilot Jackie Cochran.Cochran was the leader of a secretive US Air Force program dubbed WASPS (Women AirForce Service Pilots) which was formed in August 1943.

New show: Just hours before her new NBC mini-series The Thing About Pam debuts, Renee Zellweger is going back to work for NBC parent company NBCUniversal True story:The 52-year-old actress has signed on to star in Avenger Field for Peacock, based on the true story of WWII fighter pilot Jackie Cochran.Zellweger will play Cochran, who led, 'a diverse group of women who fought the system, skeptics and even sabotage to bring everyone home safely.'Cochran was considered the best female pilot in the United States in the late 1930s, and she wrote to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1939 to suggest the idea of using female pilots in non-combat missions.

Cochran and Nancy Harkness Love both submitted proposals in 1941 that would allow female pilots after World War II expanded to Europe.

New role:Zellweger will play Cochran, who led, 'a diverse group of women who fought the system, skeptics and even sabotage to bring everyone home safely' Best:Cochran was considered the best female pilot in the United States in the late 1930s, and she wrote to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1939 to suggest the idea of using female pilots in non-combat missions This lead to the formation of Harkness Love'sWomen's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and Cochran's Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) in 1942, which were both ultimately.