A Spitfire Girl
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A Spitfire Girl

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A Spitfire Girl One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Story Author:Mary Ellis Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:6" x 9.5" Pages:248 Photos:16 black and white illustrations Publisher:Frontline Books ISBN:9781526756619 Item No. 9781526756619 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 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

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