Contact! Britain!: A woman ferry pilot's story during WWII in England - Paperback
by Ann Wilde
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marc C. Lee (Illustrator), Peggy Miller (Editor), Ann WildePublish date:2/14/2011Pages:234
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781453787830ISBN-10:1453787836UPC:9781453787830Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:MilitaryBook Topic:Aviation & SpaceSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC96Z7K89S
Contact! Britain!: A woman ferry pilot's story during WWII in England
In 1942, twenty-three-year-old Nancy Jane Miller joined a group of American women hand-picked by renowned aviatrix, Jacqueline Cochran, to volunteer as pilots with the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). The ATA, which included men and women pilots from many countries, had been formed to ferry military aircraft from British factories to front-line operational squadrons and would become...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformISBN-13:9781453787830ISBN-10:1453787836UPC:9781453787830Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:MilitaryBook Topic:Aviation & SpaceSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC96Z7K89S
Nancy Miller was born in Los Angeles in June, 1919. She attended Occidental College and then the University of California at Berkeley, where she received her first flying lessons at Oakland Airport in a Piper J3 Cub. In 1942 she joined a group of American women organized by the famous aviatrix, Jacqueline Cochran, to volunteer for the British Air Transport Auxiliary-an organization of civilian...
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