Air Transport Auxiliary At War
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Air Transport Auxiliary At War
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Author : Stephen Wynn
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
Release Date : 2021-04-30
Air Transport Auxiliary At War written by Stephen Wynn and has been published by Pen and Sword Aviation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-30 with History categories.
This book looks at the invaluable work carried out by members of the Air Transport Auxiliary during the course of the Second World War. Comprised of both men and women, it was a civilian organization tasked with the collection and delivery of military aircraft from the factories to the RAF and Royal Navy stations. Men who undertook the role had to be exempt from having to undertake war time military service due to health or age, but other than that there were very few restrictions on who who could join, which accounted for one-legged, one-armed, one-eyed and short sighted pilots being accepted. Initially it was only men who were allowed to carry out this service, but by December 1939, British authorities were persuaded by Pauline Gower (the daughter of Sir Robert Vaughan Gower, a wartime Conservative MP, and an accomplished pilot in her own right), to establish a women’s section of the Air Transport Auxiliary, of which she was put in charge. The first eight women were accepted in to the service, but it would not be until 1943 that its male and female members received the same pay. By the end of the war 147 different types of aircraft had been flown by the men and women of the Air Transport Auxiliary, including Spitfire fighter aircraft and Lancaster bombers. These brave pilots were not just British, but came from 28 Commonwealth and neutral countries and their efforts sometimes came at a price: 174 Air Transport Auxiliary pilots, both men and women, died during the war whilst flying for the service.
The Forgotten Pilots
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Author : Lettice Curtis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
The Forgotten Pilots written by Lettice Curtis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Airplanes categories.
The author describes her experiences of being a woman pilot in the British Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II. She describes where the women were based and the types of aircraft they flew. After the war ended, many ATA pilots continued to fly aeroplanes and gliders.
The Female Few
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Author : Jacky Hyams
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-01-01
The Female Few written by Jacky Hyams and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with History categories.
Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of courageous civilian women risked their lives as aerial courier pilots, flying Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and many other powerful war machines in thousands of perilous missions. The dangers these women faced were many: they flew unarmed, without radio and in some cases without instruments, in conditions where even unexpected cloud could mean disaster. In The Female Few, five of these astonishingly brave women tell their awe-inspiring tales of incredible risk, tenacity and sacrifice. Their spirit and fearlessness in the face of death still resonates down the years, and their accounts reveal a forgotten chapter in the history of the Second World War.
Flying Wartime Aircraft
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Author : Great Britain. Air Transport Auxiliary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Flying Wartime Aircraft written by Great Britain. Air Transport Auxiliary and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Airplanes categories.
Betjeningsforskrifter (Pilot's Handling Notes) for Ferry Pilots under 2. verdenskrig.
A Spitfire Girl
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Author : Mary Ellis
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-11-30
A Spitfire Girl written by Mary Ellis and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This WWII biography recounts the heroic contributions of a female pilot who flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Wellington Bombers for the RAF. A farmer’s daughter from Oxfordshire, Mary Ellis fell in love with flying at the age of eleven, when she rode in a biplane at a flying circus. Already a licensed pilot by the time the Second World War broke out, Mary joined the Air Transit Auxiliary in 1941. As a ferry pilot, she transported aircraft for the Royal Air Force, including more than four hundred Spitfires and seventy-six different kinds of aircraft. After the war, Mary accepted a secondment to the RAF as one of the first pilots to fly the new Gloster Meteor, Britain’s first fighter jet. By 1950, she became Europe's first female air commandant. In this authorized biography, Mary and biographer Melody Foreman vividly recount her action-packed career spanning almost a century of aviation. Mary says: I am passionate for anything fast and furious. I always have been since the age of three and I always knew I would fly. The day I stepped into a Spitfire was a complete joy and it was the most natural thing in the world for me.
A Spitfire Girl
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Author : Mary Ellis, As Told To Melody Foreman
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2016-11-30
A Spitfire Girl written by Mary Ellis, As Told To Melody Foreman and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-30 with History categories.
We visualize dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that elite corps was one person who flew no less than 400 Spitfires and seventy-six different types of aircraft Ð and that person was Mary Wilkins. Her story is one of the most remarkable and endearing of the war, as this young woman, serving as a ferry pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary, transported aircraft for the RAF, including fast fighter planes and huge four-engine bombers. On one occasion Mary delivered a Wellington bomber to an airfield, and as she climbed out of the aircraft the RAF ground crew ran over to her and demanded to know where the pilot was! Mary said simply: ÔI am the pilot!Õ Unconvinced the men searched the aircraft before they realized a young woman had indeed flown the bomber all by herself. After the war she accepted a secondment to the RAF, being chosen as one of the first pilots, and one of only three women, to take the controls of the new Meteor fast jet. By 1950 the farmer's daughter from Oxfordshire with a natural instinct to fly became Europe's first female air commandant. In this authorized biography the woman who says she kept in the background during her ATA years and left all the glamour of publicity to her colleagues, finally reveals all about her action-packed career which spans almost a century of aviation, and her love for the skies which, even in her nineties, never falters. She says: ÔI am passionate for anything fast and furious. I always have been since the age of three and I always knew I would fly. The day I stepped into a Spitfire was a complete joy and it was the most natural thing in the world for me.Õ
Spitfire Women Of World War Ii
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Author : Giles Whittell
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2008-09-04
Spitfire Women Of World War Ii written by Giles Whittell and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with History categories.
This is the incredible true story of a wartime sisterhood of women pilots: a group of courageous pioneers who took exceptional risks to fly Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancasters to the frontlines of World War II.
The Forgotten Pilots
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Author : Lettice Curtis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Forgotten Pilots written by Lettice Curtis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Airplanes categories.
Beretter om de engelske piloter - herunder kvindelige piloter (Ferry Pilots), der under 2. verdenskrig fløj nye, militære fly fra fabrikkerne til flyvepladserne. Organisationen blev benævnt Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).
Taking Off
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Author : Emily Arnold McCully
language : en
Publisher: Holiday House
Release Date : 2022-02-01
Taking Off written by Emily Arnold McCully and has been published by Holiday House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Witness the true story of how Mary Wilkins Ellis’ childhood passion for flying led to an exciting career in the air, written and illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist. As a child, Mary Wilkins Ellis longed to fly, but she had to wait until she was 16 before she could have her first lesson. She soon became the youngest licensed pilot in her English county, but then all civilian flight was banned when Germany launched its attacks on Britain in 1940. Mary was grounded. One day she chanced to hear a radio appeal for Britons with pilot’s licenses—even women—to join the Air Transport Auxiliary and ferry brand new fighter planes to Royal Air Force bases. Mary immediately applied, and spent the rest of the war delivering hundreds of different kinds of aircraft—most of which she’d never flown before—forming lifelong bonds with her colleagues, surviving many a close call, and helping to save her country from destruction. After the war she became a flight instructor, ran an air taxi service, then managed an airfield, the only woman in Europe to do so. In her spare time, she won rallies in her racing car. Mary’s childhood dream became a thrilling lifetime aloft, lasting until she died at 101. With watercolor and ink illustrations which perfectly capture the exhilaration of flying, Taking Off brings this little-known figure and her can-do spirit to life. Extensive material in the back of the book includes additional information about Mary Wilkins Ellis and the Airport Transport Auxiliary, as well as sources.
The Spitfire Girls Fly For Victory
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Author : Jenny Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-04-30
The Spitfire Girls Fly For Victory written by Jenny Holmes and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with Fiction categories.
**Don't miss Jenny Holmes's latest wartime series, The Air Raid Girls. Part 3 - The Air Raid Girls: Wartime Brides - is available now!** ---------------------------- Planes to deliver. A war to be won. Bobbie Fraser, Mary Holland and Jean Thornton are Atta Girls - part of the Air Transport Auxiliary team flying planes between bases. Taking to the air in anything they're given, their work is dangerous but their courage always comes through. Now there's a new girl joining the ranks - Canadian Viv Robertson, who is bright, brash and brave. But can Viv settle into her new home with the other girls? And when life on the ground leaves them as vulnerable as in the air, can they stick together through the tough times ahead and ultimately fly to victory? A heart-warming, romantic story of friendship, camaraderie and triumph over adversity that fans of Donna Douglas, Nancy Revell and Elaine Everest will adore. ---------------------------- Readers love Jenny Holmes 'A delight to read' 'I highly recommend this book, great job Jenny!' 'Really enjoyed this book cant wait to read the next one' 'Lovely historical drama' 'I love reading these books on life in WW2' 'A book you can't put down'