WOMAN PILOT KILLED
Plane Crashes At Take-Off (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) MANCHESTER, April 29. A twin-engined transport aircraft, piloted by a woman, crashed today near Ringway Airport, Manchester, killing all the three occupants. The crash occurred shortly after take-off. The aircraft circled the airfield and dived 200 ft into a ploughed field. The pilot, Miss Jean Lennox Bird, was the first member of the Women’s Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve to gain R.A.F. “wings” in 1952. She held the highest form of R.A.F. instrument flying certificates and had been described by the Air Ministry as one of the most experienced pilots in the service. The aircraft was a Miles Aerovan engaged in aerial photography for the Ministry of Transport. Miss Bird learned to fly in 1930, and had piloted more than 90 different types of aircraft, including war-time Spitfires and Mosquitoes, with the Air Transport Auxiliary.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28265, 1 May 1957, Page 11
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