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Your link doesn't work. Mary who?
08:31 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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I'll try again.

It's Mary Ellis, Spitfire pilot in WW2, 101 years old.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-43518517?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-hampshire-44922170&link_location=live-reporting-story

08:33 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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Fabulous lady.
08:33 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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No, still not working, sorry folks.
08:34 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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RIP Mary

Mary Ellis blazed a trail for female aviators, as one of the first women to fly Spitfires, heavy bombers and jet aircraft.

She was a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), which employed civilians to deliver planes from factories to airfields during the Second World War.
08:34 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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Amazing lady, what a life she led !
08:35 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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One of the ladies who delivered RAF planes in the war, Naomi.
08:35 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5993993/Last-Spitfire-girls-Mary-Ellis-dies-home-Isle-Wight-aged-101.html

What a gal!
08:36 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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The links do work
08:36 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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I can't get any bbc links now - perhaps their site is down/overloaded
08:36 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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Thanks Naomi.
08:37 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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I watched an interview with her a few weeks ago. She said when she landed the planes on delivery, the chaps on the ground were astonished to see a woman climb out of the cockpit.
08:38 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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One time she delivered a Lancaster, and the ground crew didn't believe her.

They sent someone in to search for the pilot
08:46 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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The BBC link appears to have been repaired.
08:48 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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remarkable lady..RIP
09:03 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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Incredible woman who learned how to fly when she was a schoolgirl (she didn't like hockey!).

She described the Spitfire as the symbol of freedom.

R.I.P.
09:38 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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Ah may she Rest in Peace x
09:40 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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A wonderful lady - RIP
10:21 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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No sadness she just changed her wings
10:24 Thu 26th Jul 2018
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RIP fantastic lady
10:27 Thu 26th Jul 2018

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