Benedetta Willis
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Benedetta Willis was one of the first women RAF pilots to get her wings.
Benedetta Willis with a Hurricane
Air Transport Auxiliary
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The Air Transport Auxiliary was a British civilian organisation set up at the start of the Second World War with headquarters at White Waltham Airfield in Berkshire. The ATA ferried new, repaired and
Benedetta Willis
…They also bought a plane. Willis worked as an architect's assistant. When World War II began her husband joined up and encouraged his wife to join the Air Transport Auxiliary. Willis became a First Officer when she joined up on 1 September 1941. She left Air Transport Auxiliary on 3 August 1943, a year after flying her first…
ATA, Air Transport Auxiliary Ferry pilot's badge
Commendation for ATA pilot Ruth Kerly
First Officer Maureen Dunlop on the cover of Picture Post magazine
Diana Barnato Walker climbing into the cockpit of a Spitfire