Spitfire Girls - Carol Gould
Language: EnglishKeywords:
flying
Women In War
World War II
Shared by:jodindy
Written by
Read by Anne Dover
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Publisher: Oxford : Isis, 2009.
Total Runtime. 19 Hours
A fictionalized saga of the 180 women who flew against all odds in World War II. The female pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary are caught up in Nazi terror, American racial tension, and the forbidden romances of wartime.
Top-class pilots were crucial to the survival of Great Britain during the dark days of the Blitz, and playing a vital role in fending off the German attack were the women’s section of the Air Transport Auxiliary, a close and dedicated circle of female pilots. In the midst of events that would shape history, these women risked their lives to ferry aircraft day and night from factory to the arena of war, and lasting friendships were born.
Together, Edith Allam and her fellow pilots faced Nazi terror, class prejudice, and the forbidden romances of wartime – yet their remarkable strength carried them through.
They were discriminated against because the male hierarchy didn’t believe just how good they were at flying planes even though some had been stunt pilots in their previous careers. But despite this they flew what they were given and delivered it - they ferried over 57,000 Spitfires; 29,000 Hurricanes; 26,000 Wellingtons; and 10,000 Lancasters amongst many more - some 300,000 airplanes in total.
But once the war was over they could no longer fly - for the Armed Forces - it was men’s work after all!
This book really tells us a story of true courage and indomitable will amon a number a women who are largely forgotten and tells it well. Whilst being fiction it is based on fact and thus is really history in a very enjoyable form.
There are several other books with a similar title. One is a biography.
FYI – many readers found the book boring or overdone on sentiment.
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 5/5
November 5th, 2019
What a load of feminist twaddle, and another example of how women have had an easy time compared to the “oppressive patriarchy” that risked their lives daily in aerial combat. Yet the description still moans about “inequality”. Inequality in being afforded the same “opportunity” of risking being shot down — how outrageous!
November 5th, 2019
We have seen examples of how feminism has forced “equality” in the roles of fighter pilots. Look up the example of the female pilot who was moved to the front of the queue despite poor performance and based on a U.S. aircraft carrier. Result: she flew her plane of the deck in to the sea losing her life, the multi-million dollar plane and weakening the task force and its defensive capabilities. I think this led to a review of this foolish policy.
November 5th, 2019
Thanks for the irrelevant rant litote, I’m sure no guy has ever crashed or flown a plane into a carrier in the entire history of naval aviation. The ATA and more restrictive US equivalent, the WASPs, eventually copied from England were huge successes.
Pity about the book though, I was hoping for the biography or a history.
November 8th, 2019
A history–
https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/the-hurricane-girls-jo-wheeler/
January 3rd, 2020
Thankyou very good!
June 16th, 2022
Thank you kindly
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