RIP - Mary Ellis
 

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[Closed] RIP - Mary Ellis

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What an amazing woman

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-43518517


 
Posted : 26/07/2018 8:38 am
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Sad news. Listening to some tributes on the news. Love the one where she rocked up in a Wellington bomber and the ground crew did not believe she was the pilot, so went in to search for him, of course not finding anyone else.

A real inspiration and an amazing role model.


 
Posted : 26/07/2018 8:46 am
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What a life! Flew 76 different aircraft types.


 
Posted : 26/07/2018 8:47 am
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What an incredible life. Thank you Mary.


 
Posted : 26/07/2018 8:49 am
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Fantastic story! 101, proper good innings 🙂

Love this quote from Aeroplane magazine " "The menace is the woman who thinks that she ought to be flying in a high-speed bomber when she really has not the intelligence to scrub the floor of a hospital properly.""

What did they know eh?!

RIP


 
Posted : 26/07/2018 8:50 am
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What a life! Flew 76 different aircraft types.

She was the CountZero of her age.


 
Posted : 26/07/2018 1:22 pm