Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,611 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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Eleanor Lettice Curtis (1915-2014)
1937 Gained Pilot's Licence
Became the first female to fly the heavy four-engine bombers, including Halifaxes, Lancasters and the the US B-17 Flying Fortress. She had flown 400 of them by the close of the war.
Joined Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
1953 Joined Fairey Aviation Co to be their senior flight development engineer
Joined the Civil Aviation Authority
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