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Old 17th Nov 2017, 07:33
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Mike Flynn
 
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I saw her interviewed on tv some time ago. A true modest aviatrix who with all the ATA women did a wonderful job.

A nice quote in the Guardian obit
“Of course I remember the first day I ever flew a Spitfire, because that was the first day of our training. It was quite the fastest thing you’d ever flown. But my big worry, the first time I flew it, was whether I’d lose the airfield. You’re so busy looking at the cockpit, and then you shut the hood and you’re miles away by then because it was going so fast.”

ATA pilots often flew alone with no navigation aides, and the auxiliary incurred 156 casualties, largely caused by bad weather. The organisation was disbanded after the war.
Her wiki entry is quite brief.
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