Britain's last surviving female pilot from WWII shares memories
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Britain's last surviving female pilot from WWII has shared memories of her wartime role ahead of turning 101 next month. Eleanor Wadsworth joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) trainee pilot scheme after war broke out in 1939. Born in 1917 in Nottingham, Eleanor is now the last surviving British woman pilot to fly in the Second World War. She was one of 166 women who were accepted on ATA and managed to fly 22 different aircraft's including the iconic Hurricane, Spitfire and Mustang.
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