Picture No | 10726297 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Lady Victoria Pery, female aviation enthusiasat, WW1 |
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A page of photographs of Lady Victoria Pery (later Brady), whose enthusiasm for aviation saw her loop the loop with Gustav Hamel at Hendon aerodrome and accompany Mr Grahame-White on flights. The Sketch magazine suggests that she is living proof that the a R.F.F.C should be formed - the Royal Feminine Flying Corps. Lady Victoria died in 1918; a victim of the influenza epidemic.
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Source | Page of photographs by Lallie Charles in The Sketch, 30 September 1914 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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