Pauline Gower Pioneering Leader Of The Spitfire Women
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Pauline Gower Pioneering Leader Of The Spitfire Women
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Author : Alison Hill
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2022-09-01
Pauline Gower Pioneering Leader Of The Spitfire Women written by Alison Hill 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 2022-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Pauline Gower was the leader of the Spitfire women during the Second World War. After gaining her pilot's licence at 20, she set up the first female joyriding business in 1931 with engineer Dorothy Spicer and took 33,000 passengers up for a whirl, clocking up more than 2,000 hours overall. Pauline went on to command the inaugural women's section of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) and achieved equal pay for her women pilots. She enabled them to fly 'Anything to Anywhere', including Tiger Moths, Hurricanes, Wellingtons and – their firm favourite – the Spitfire. Pauline Gower: Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women is a story of bravery, fortitude and political persuasion. Pauline was a clear leader of her time and a true pioneer of flight. She died after giving birth, at only 36; a life cut tragically short, but one of significant achievements. Pauline left a huge legacy for women in aviation.
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 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.
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
The Hurricane Girls
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Author : Jo Wheeler
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-07-26
The Hurricane Girls written by Jo Wheeler and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As seen on BBC and Sky News. ____________ Celebrating the lives of the magnificent women, the ATA girls, who courageously flew Spitfires, Tiger Moths, Lancaster Bombers and many other aircraft during World War Two. These extraordinary women, Mary Ellis, Jackie Moggridge and Pauline Gower are just a few of the remarkable stories inside . . . Since the invention of aeroplanes, women have taken to the skies. They have broken records, performed daredevil stunts and faced such sexism and prejudice that they were effectively barred from working as pilots. That changed in the Second World War. Led by firebrand Pauline Gower, an elite group of British women were selected as ferry pilots to fly for the Air Transport Auxiliary. They risked their lives flying munitions and equipment for the boys on the front line. Flying day and night without radio; dodging storms, barrage balloons and anti-aircraft fire; and with only a map, compass and their eyesight to guide them, they navigated the treacherous wartime skies. ____________ The Hurricane Girls is the thrilling, moving and inspirational story of the female air force who once ruled our skies.
Women Military Pilots Of World War Ii
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Author : Lois K. Merry
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
Women Military Pilots Of World War Ii written by Lois K. Merry and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with History categories.
More than 2000 women in the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union flew military airplanes in organized units during World War II, yet their stories are largely unknown. These pilots ferried aircraft, flew targets for ground artillery practice, tested airplanes and equipment, and many of them flew in combat. The women pilots proved that they could manage bombers and fighters as well as their male counterparts, and several later remarked that "the airplanes didn't care who flew them." Topics covered include the training of female pilots, how female flight units were developed and structured, the hazards of conflict, and how these women reintegrated into civilian life following the war.
Women With Wings Women Pilots Of World War Ii
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Author : Shannon Baker Moore
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2017-01-01
Women With Wings Women Pilots Of World War Ii written by Shannon Baker Moore and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Women with Wings discusses how in the 1940s, women broke free from traditional gender roles by piloting aircraft both on the homefront and in combat, making critical contributions to the Allied victory in World War II. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
The Hurrican Girls
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Author : Jo Wheeler
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2018-09-25
The Hurrican Girls written by Jo Wheeler and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Celebrating the lives of the magnificent women, the ATA girls, who courageously flew Spitfires, Tiger Moths, Lancaster Bombers and many other aircraft during World War Two Since the invention of aeroplanes, women have taken to the skies. They have broken records, performed daredevil stunts and faced such sexism and prejudice that they were effectively barred from working as pilots. That changed in the Second World War. Led by firebrand Pauline Gower, an elite group of British women were selected as ferry pilots to fly for the Air Transport Auxiliary. They risked their lives flying munitions and equipment for the boys on the front line. Flying day and night without radio; dodging storms, barrage balloons and anti-aircraft fire; and with only a map, compass and their eyesight to guide them, they navigated the treacherous wartime skies. The Hurricane Girls is the thrilling, moving and inspirational story of the female air force who once ruled our skies.
New Wings For Women
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Author : Sally Elizabeth Knapp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
New Wings For Women written by Sally Elizabeth Knapp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Aeronautics categories.
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).