Mary Evans Dorothy Spicer, aviator 10651735

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Picture No	10651735
Date	1934
Description	Dorothy Spicer, aviator
Details	Dorothy Norman Spicer, married name Pearce (1908- 1946), aviator and pioneering aeronautical engineeer. Together with her business partner Pauline Gower set up a successful aeronautical company. She was the first woman to ever hold an aeronautical 'B' engineering certificate and went on to earn both a 'C' and 'D' certificates - a remarkable achievement. Also toured with the British Empire air display. She was killed in a passenger plane crash along with her husband, Flight Lieutenant Richard Pearce, near Rio de Janeiro in 1946.
Source	Unattributed photograph in the Illustrated London News archive
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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