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In 2004, Grace flew this Spitfire over Chartwell, the former residence of Winston Churchill, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. [7] In 2011, she flew the plane on the 75th anniversary of the Spitfire's first flight in 1936. [5] Grace died after a car accident at Goulburn, New South Wales, [8] on 2 December 2022, at the age of 70. [1] [3]
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In 1942, she joined the civilian Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), ferrying warplanes around Great Britain to supply the Royal Air Force. [2] She logged around 900 hours of flying and gained experience on about 50 different types of aircraft, claiming that her favorite was the Supermarine Spitfire.
Eleanor Wadsworth (née Fish; 15 October 1917 – 21 December 2020) [1] was an English second world war pilot, who served as one of the RAF's "Spitfire women". [2] Wadsworth was the oldest surviving pilot of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), [3] before her death in December 2020.
Audio recording of Spitfire fly-past at the 2011 family day at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire Supermarine Spitfire G-AWGB landing at Biggin Hill Airport, June 2024. The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only ...
Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS (15 January 1918 – 28 April 2008) was a pioneering British aviator.In World War II, she became one of the first women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying 80 types of aircraft and delivering 260 Spitfires.
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