Given the sad news yesterday of the death of Joy Lofthouse, I can’t help drawing a comparison between Ms Curtis-Taylor and Joy and her colleagues in the ATA.
They flew Spitfires, Hurricanes (solo: no room for Ewald!) as well as multi-engined bombers, often only with the benefit of a quick look at the manual before doing so for the first time. Because they were not supposed to fly combat, their guns weren’t even loaded and they ran the risk of meeting an enemy intruder every time they flew.
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