#Jackie Moggridge

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Jackie Moggridge

Jackie Moggridge, born Dolores Theresa Sorour in Pretoria, South Africa in 1922 received her pilots license at fifteen and moved to the United Kingdom in 1938 where she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force until she was old enough to join the Air Transport Auxiliary. Moggridge was the youngest of the female pilots at the time. She flew more than 1,500 aircraft of 83 different types and in 1953 became one of only five women to receive full RAF Wings. Moggridge went on to gain her commercial pilot's license in the 1950s becoming the first British female airline captain to fly passengers on scheduled flights. Jackie flew her last Spitfire at age 74. She passed away in 2004 at age 81.

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Jackie Moggridge joined the ATA at the age of 18 and later ferried 1,438 planes to waiting RAF pilots, flying 82 different types of aircraft. She later became the first female commercial airline captain.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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JACKIE MOGGRIDGE // PILOT

“She was a pioneering pilot, the first woman to do a parachute jump in South Africa and the first female airline captain of scheduled passenger services. She was awarded the King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air in 1945. She was one of the first five women to get their RAF wings in the 1950s.”

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Jackie Moggridge, ATA pilot, at the controls of a Spitfire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Moggridge

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Jackie Moggridge joined ATA at the age of 18 and ferried 1,438 planes to waiting RAF pilots, flying 82 different types of aircraft.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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Jackie Moggridge ferried 1,438 planes during WW2. She was awarded King’s Commendation for Valuable Services in Air postwar and determined to continue flying. From 1948-1954 she was pilot WRAFVR where in 1953, she earned RAF wings. next woman would not earn her wings until 1991.

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Supermarine Spitfire T.9 ‘ML407 / NL-D’ (G-LFIX) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n CBAF.8463. Built 1944 for the RAF with the serial ‘ML407’. Saw action over D-Day with 485 Squadron. Later converted to a two-seater for the Irish Air Corps and flew with the serial ‘162’ Now operated by Air Leasing Ltd based here at Sywell. She normally wears her original 485 Squadron codes ‘OU-V’ but in late 2019, having spent most of the year with full D-Day invasion stripes, she was painted in her original codes from 341 ‘Alsace’ (Free French) Squadron. She is seen taxiing in after a lunchtime flight prior to the Imperial War Museums 2019 ‘Battle of Britain’ Airshow. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK 22nd September 2019 The following history for ML407 is from the warbirdflights.co.uk website:- “The Grace Spitfire ML407 was originally built at Castle Bromwich in early 1944 as a Mark IX single seat fighter and served in the front line of battle throughout the last twelve months of World War II with six different allied Squadrons of the RAF’s 2nd Tactical Air Force. ML407 flew a total of 176 operational combat sorties amassing an impressive total 319 combat hours. ML407 was delivered to 485 New Zealand Squadron on the 29th April 1944 by Jackie Moggridge, one of the top lady pilots of the Air Transport Auxilllary (ATA), where it became the ‘mount’ of Flying Officer Johnnie Houlton DFC who was accredited, whilst flying ML407, with the first enemy aircraft shot down over the Normandy beachhead on 6th June D-Day. In December 1944 ML407 was transferred to 341 Free French Squadron to Sergeant Jean Dabos. It then moved on through various Allied Squadrons – 308 (Polish) Squadron, 349 (Belgian) Squadron, 345 (Free French) Squadron, 332 (Norwegian) Squadron and back to 485 (New Zealand) Squadron at the cessation of hostilities. ML407 then went into a Maintenance Unit where it remained until being selected by Vickers-Armstrongs at Eastleigh, Southampton for conversion in 1950 to the two seat configuration for the Irish Air Corps as an advanced trainer. ML407 changed to 162 and flew to Baldonnel. Flying a further 762 with the IAC the aircraft was put into storage and offered for sale in 1968. Sir William Roberts eventually bought the aircraft for his museum in Strathallan. Design Engineer Nick Grace, having always wanted to fly a Spitfire, acquired ML407 in late 1979 from the Strathallan Museum and spent five years meticulously restoring the Spitfire to flying condition in it’s two seat configuration incorporating what is known as the ‘Grace in line Canopy Conversion’ which Nick designed to remove the bulbous rear canopy to a more streamlined version to keep the original line of the Spitfire intact. Nick completed this incredible project in early 1985 and on the 16th April the Grace Spitfire flew again with Nick’s capable hands at the controls and Carolyn in the rear cockpit.”

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" Jackie Moggridge”

Jackie Moggridge  was the youngest World War II Air Transport Auxiliary pilot who safely flew over 1,500 aircraft during the war. There is now a Jackie Moggridge Spitfire RAF Award in memory of the pioneering aviator, and it is awarded annually to the 'Best female aircrew or engineer who has demonstrated outstanding potential.'

Youngest female pilot in S. Africa-First woman in SA to do parachute jump-Came to England to train as a commercial pilot-War declared she joins the WAAF on RADARJoins ATA flying 82 different types of warplane-Awarded King's Commendation for Valuable services in the Air In the WRAF(VR) -was awarded her full RAF Wings-Awarded The Queen's Coronation Medal-Flew Israeli  Spitfires to Burma-Breaks the sound barrier in a Sabre Je-tFirst female Airline Captain to ferry passengers  on scheduled flights.- First to be awarded the Jean Lennox-Bird Trophy-Flew her last Spitfire age 74.-Autobiography re-published 2014

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Девушка из Спитфайра

Вспоминаем Джеки Моггридж — самого молодого пилота вспомогательного авиатранспорта Второй мировой войны, женщину, которая благополучно пилотировала более чем 1500 самолетов 83 различных типов во время Второй мировой войны.

Подобно многим женщинам, заинтересованным в полетах для участия в войне, она присоединилась к Вспомогательным женским военно-воздушным силам, пока не смогла присоединиться к Вспомогательному воздушному транспорту . Первоначально она базировалась в Рай на радиолокационной станции. Она была завербована в АТА женским комендантом Полин Гауэр в июле 1940 года. Моггридж была самой молодой из женщин-пилотов в то время.

В 1949 году она была зачислена в Женский добровольческий резерв Королевских ВВС (WRAFVR) в качестве пилота. В 1953 году она получила право на участие в ВВС Великобритании. В результате ее участия в драматургии и в резерве Моггридж дал интервью в 1950 году Ричардом Димблби для своего радиошоу Down Your Way. Моггридж также получила лицензию коммерческого пилота в 1950-х годах. Она переправляла Спитфайры из Сайпресс в Рангун, в ВВС Индии и в Бирму.

В память о пионере авиаторе Jackie Moggridge Spitfire RAF Award присуждается ежегодно «Лучшая женщина-��кипаж или инженер, продемонстрировавшая выдающийся потенциал».