The Guardian: She flew hazardous fighter planes for Britain during WW2. She just turned 106

After eight decades, she and a small group of other female pilots are finally earning more widespread recognition for the critical – and dangerous – roles they played in the second world war. A new book called Spitfires, written by the journalist and author Becky Aikman, chronicles the pilots’ vivid wartime stories as the first American women to fly military aircraft.

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