Lettice Curtis
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Eleanor Lettice Curtis was an English aviator, flight test engineer, air racing pilot, and sportswoman.
Five ATA flyers Lettice Curtis, Jenny Broad, Audrey Sale-Barker, Gabrielle Patterson and Pauline Gower by an Airspeed Oxford trainer in 1942
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
Lettice Curtis
…Yapton Flying Club, Ford, West Sussex, earning a B–class licence. In early July 1940 Curtis became one of the first women pilots to join the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), remaining with the ATA until 30 November 1945, when the organisation was closed down. She commenced her ATA career by delivering primary training…
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