Winifred Crossley flying Gipsy Moth inverted
Winifred Crossley flying her Gipsy Moth upside down at the Norwich and Norfolk Aero Club in 1937. Winifred Crossley (1906 - 1984) was an aviator who was the first woman to be checked out on a Hurricane fighter. She was one of the First Eight, the initial group of women pilots to join the Air Transport Auxiliary. Before the war she was a stunt pilot and represented Bedfordshire at lawn tennis
Picture No
14160474
Media ID
48709280
Size
5400px x 4246px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News', 13 August 1937, page 339
Date
1937
