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The Female Few; Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary

by: Unknown
ISBN: 9780752480961 | 0752480960
Format: Trade Book
Publisher: The History Press
Pub. Date: 4/1/2013

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous, gifted women risked their lives as courier pilots, flying Lancaster Bombers, Spitfires and many other aircraft in hundreds of perilous missions across the country. The role of these women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary was to deliver the planes to the male RAF pilots who would take them into battle, dangerous work which the women carried out unarmed, without radios. Fifteen would lose their lives. In The Female Few, five of these astonishingly brave women tel... MORE
Forewordp. 7
Introductionp. 13
A Brief Historyp. 25
Joy Lofthousep. 43
Yvonne MacDonaldp. 73
Molly Rosep. 93
Mary (Wilkins) Ellisp. 117
Margaret Frostp. 141
Ranks of the ATAp. 161
ATA Ferry Pilots and Flight Engineersp. 163
Five Lives Lostp. 173
Fam... MOREp. 179
Indexp. 189
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.
Jacky Hyams is a journalist and the author of The Real Downton Abbey. She has written for many newspapers and magazines, including London Evening Standard, Rolling Stone, the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Times.


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