16-11-2017, 06:26 PM
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WW2 Spitfire pilot Joy Lofthouse dies aged 94
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-42012740
Mrs Lofthouse joined the ATA in 1943 after spotting a notice in a magazine calling for women to learn to fly.
She was one of only 164 female pilots, known as the Attagirls, who flew aircraft from factory to airfield.
The Royal International Air Tattoo said she was an "amazing character with even more amazing stories".
The ATA was formed in 1940 when, despite some male opposition, women were allowed to fly military trainer and communications aircraft.
Mrs Lofthouse, from South Cerney in Gloucestershire, learned to fly before she learned to drive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tw1m1
A delightful lady .....
16-11-2017, 07:28 PM
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Re: WW2 Spitfire pilot Joy Lofthouse dies aged 94
One of my clients was a lady who used to tell me about her young life , she was a spitfire mechanic during the war , she would test fly them prior to the pilots , the reasoning was if she hadn't done her job she would be the first to know . Sometimes we can forget when we meet an older person that they too were young and vibrant once and have a wonderful story to tell . She would shuffle up to the clinic with her Zimmer and when she talked of her life her face lit up .Also another lovely lady worked for Norman Hartnell and sewed the sequins and pearls onto our queens wedding dress . She dropped a bag of sequins once and Hartnell told her off , she picked them up by hand . She never got to see the Queen and was not paid a good weekly wage , she can't remember how much she earned but it wasn't good money
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