Elsie Joy Davison
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Elsie Joy Davison was a Canadian-born British aviator and airline director. She started flying herself in 1929. After becoming a director of an aircraft company in 1936, she died serving with the Air
Elsie Joy Davison
Davison trained and crashed with a Miles Master Mk. I (example pictured)
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
Elsie Joy Davison
…aviator and airline director. She started flying herself in 1929. After becoming a director of an aircraft company in 1936, she died serving with the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1940, and was killed along with her instructor during a training flight, becoming the first female British aviator to die in World War II. Elsie Joy…
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