Spitfire Girl - Hardcover

Moggridge, Jackie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444825313 ISBN 13: 9781444825312

Publisher: Ulverscroft Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

'WE HAD RETURNED TO A DIFFERENT WORLD. WE HAD TAKEN OFF IN PEACE AT NINE-THIRTY AND LANDED IN WAR AT NOON.' Jackie Moggridge was just nineteen when World War Two broke out. Determined to do her bit, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. Ferrying aircraft from factory to frontline was dangerous work, but there was also fun, friendship and even love in the air. At last the world was opening up to women...or at least, it seemed to be. From her first flight at fifteen to smuggling Spitfires into Burma, Jackie describes the trials and tribulations, successes and frustrations of her life in the sky.

About this title

About the Author

Jackie Moggridge joined the ATA during WW2, receiving a King's Commendation for Services in the Air. After the war she continued to fly professionally whilst raising her two daughters. She died in 2004; her ashes were scattered from a Spitfire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ulverscroft Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444825313
• ISBN 13: 9781444825312
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328