Description
| Product ID: | 9780750996822 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Pauline Gower, Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women |
| Authors: | Author: Alison Hill |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Second World War, Aircraft and aviation, Second World War, Aircraft: general interest, Kent, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Flying 'Anything to Anywhere': the life of pilot Pauline Gower, MBE, who led the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary during WW2 Pauline Gower was the leader of the Spitfire women during the Second World War. After gaining her pilot’s licence at 20, she set up the first female joyriding business in 1931 with engineer Dorothy Spicer and took 33,000 passengers up for a whirl, clocking up more than 2,000 hours overall. Pauline went on to command the inaugural women’s section of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) and achieved equal pay for her women pilots. She enabled them to fly ‘Anything to Anywhere’, including Tiger Moths, Hurricanes, Wellingtons and – their firm favourite – the Spitfire. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-01 |
