R.I.P. Philippa Booth

I will admit to not being the cleverest person on the planet, however, as an amature I have been studying Military History since the age of 6 when my dad decided due to the Falklands he would start to tell me about what he did in places like Borneo & Northern Ireland. And now at the age of 32 Id consider myself to be quite a well informed amature Military Historian, and having proven a teacher wrong in the past (practising my 13 plus I answered a question my teacher couldnt mark so he failed me) I have no fear tackling a teacher when I know theyre wrong.

Bex

YES we must never forget the Lady’s who flew!

G’ day all formy’s 😀

I second all above and more!

I came across that lady in a few book’s, sound’s a sensible flyer as she did become ” Old and Bold “.

Gotta fly(well crash really) for now, I’m knackered, ” Gut Nacht ” goodbye, good moaning good arvo to ya’s all.

Special G’ day’s to Me Papa and Bexy! 😉

Ciao, and Oooooo Rooooo

In the meantime I am sure that with a bit of googling you could amass an enormous amount of information that would grind her ideas into the dust!
I have an acquaintance in the USA who has “females in aviation” as a thesis and within half a day I found enough in my reference books and on the Internet to keep her going for months!

Papa Lima,

Unfortunately she only told me this yesterday when we were discussing this thread, however, when the new term starts I intend to tackle this gormless teacher and point out the error of her ways and hopefully she will then teach her subject correctly (Im not holding my breath though LoL) Bex

Bex, were you not able to step in and prove the teacher wrong? Apart from the Air Transport Auxiliary, there was at least one complete squadron of female pilots in the Russian Air Force!
Where do these teachers get their information from?

We can never forget nor underestimate the role these high spirited women had during WW2.A pity today that role models like that are usually not looked at in prestige.:( A different world..

Firstly I hope this wonderful lady now Rest’s in Peace, she deserves it. Its also interesting that QLDSpitty made the above comment, as my 8 yr old Step Daughter recently went to the IWM in London with her school and was given a test on her return to school. One question was this:

Did any women fly aeroplanes during WW2?

Answer choice: Yes or No

Now, thanks to me, my step daughter said Yes and as we all know this is the correct answer, however her muppet of a teacher marked this wrong and claims that the answer is No. No matter what I have said, this fool is of the attitude she is the teacher and she is correct.

Well if it wasnt for ladies like Phillapa Booth, this idiot wouldnt be able to enjoy the life she has.

Bex

She came up to a BWPA rally at Little Snoring in the late 1950’s along with some other ex-ATA women pilots. It was indeed a priviledge to meet them. They all seemed to be such modest women yet their work in WW2 was vital in ensuring the aircraft were collected and delivered. As Lettice Curtis entitled her excellent book – “The Forgotten Pilots”, so true, so very true.

Cheers,

Trapper 69
😎

A sad loss

We can never forget nor underestimate the role these high spirited women had during WW2.A pity today that role models like that are usually not looked at in prestige.:( A different world..