Women Spitfire Pilots were part of the The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). It was a British WWII civilian organization that ferried new repaired and damaged military aircraft like the RAF Spitfire, between UK factories, Maintenance Units, scrap yards, and active service squadrons and airfields (but not to aircraft carriers). They also flew service personnel on urgent duty from one place to another and performed air ambulance work. The organisation recruited pilots who were considered to be unsuitable for reasons of age or fitness for either the Royal Air Force or the Fleet Air Arm (therefore humorously referred to as ‘Ancient and Tattered Airmen’), pilots from neutral countries and, notably, women pilots...
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