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The Hurricane Girls: The inspirational true story of the women who dared to fly

Autor Jo Wheeler
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iul 2018
Celebrating the lives of themagnificent women, the ATA girls, who courageously flew Spitfires, Tiger Moths, Lancaster Bombers and many other aircraft during World War Two

Since the invention of aeroplanes, women have taken to the skies.

They have broken records, performed daredevil stunts and faced such sexism and prejudice that they were effectively barred from working as pilots.

That changed in the Second World War. Led by firebrand Pauline Gower, an elite group of British women were selected as ferry pilots to fly for the Air Transport Auxiliary. They risked their lives flying munitions and equipment for the boys on the front line.

Flying day and night without radio; dodging storms, barrage balloons and anti-aircraft fire; and with only a map, compass and their eyesight to guide them, they navigated the treacherous wartime skies.

The Hurricane Girlsis the thrilling, moving and inspirational story of the female air force who once ruled our skies.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241354636
ISBN-10: 0241354633
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Jo Wheeler is a writer and radio producer who has written books with Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and worked with a 1950s policewoman to write her memoir,Bobby on the Beat. She has also produced numerous historical and arts documentaries for the BBC over the past fifteen years.

Recenzii

Meet the women who kept the RAF flying during World War ll . . .Nearly 80 years after the war started, the battle over equal work continues and prejudice still hold many girls back from taking up jobs considered to be men's work. Butopinions are changing and the women of the ATA remain an inspiration