One of the last living female World War Two pilots, Mary Ellis, has died aged 101 at her home on the Isle of Wight. Mrs Ellis was a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) and delivered ...
After 80 years, a World War II veteran who went missing in action has been identified, and officials say the man was a ...
Mary Ellis, then Mary Wilkins, joined the ATA in 1941 after hearing an advert for women pilots on BBC radio. Women were allowed to fly military trainer and communications aircraft from 1940.