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Spitfire Girl
Spitfire Girl
Jackie Moggridge
My life in the sky
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Youngest female pilot in S. Africa
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First woman in SA to do parachute jump
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Came to England to train as a commercial pilot
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War declared she joins the WAAF on RADAR
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Joins ATA flying 82 different types of warplane
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Awarded King's Commendation for Valuable
Services in the Air
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In the WRAF(VR) was awarded her full RAF Wings
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Awarded The Queen's Coronation Medal
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Flew Israeli Spitfires to Burma
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Breaks the sound barrier in a Sabre Jet
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First female Airline Captain to ferry passengers
on scheduled flights.
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First to be awarded the Jean Lennox-Bird Trophy
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Flew her last Spitfire age 74.
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Autobiography re-published 2014
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