Aviatrix Diana Barnato Walker 1918 - 2008
Aug. 27, 1963 - Durham, England, U.K. - Yesterday on the 27th anniversary of her first solo flight, Mrs. DIANA BARNATO WALKER became the first woman member of the R.A.F.'s Ten Ton Club by flying a lightning aircraft at over 1000 m.p.h. Mrs WALKER is Corps Pilot to the Women's Junior Air Corps. During the war she was a Ferry Pilot. Mrs. Walker obtained special permission for the flight from the Air Minister. Mr. Hugh Fraser. The picture shows DIANA BARNATO WALKER shortly before she made her flighht yesterday at the R.A.F. station at Middleton St. George, Durham
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