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      • Now, seven decades later, Joy Lofthouse got the chance to do it all over again. The 92-year-old veteran of Britain’s World War II-era Air Transport Auxiliary recently got the chance to go back up in one of the surviving Spitfires, and she even got to fly it for a bit.
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  3. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-gloucestershireWW2 Spitfire pilot Joy Lofthouse dies aged 94 - BBC News

    Nov 16, 2017 · 16 November 2017. In 2015, Joy Lofthouse returned to the skies, taking control of a Spitfire 70 years after last flying in one. Veteran pilot Joy Lofthouse, who flew Spitfires and bombers...

  4. www.bbc.com › news › avWorld War Two veteran Joy Lofthouse flew Spitfire again - BBC

    Nov 16, 2017 · Veteran pilot Joy Lofthouse, who flew Spitfires and bombers for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during World War Two, has died at the age of 94. BBC Radio 5 live met Joy two years ago, when...

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  6. www.cnn.com › 2015/05/19 › livingSeven decades after she flew Spitfires for Britain ... - CNN

    May 19, 2015 · Joy Lofthouse, 92, used to ferry aircraft over Britain during World War II. She recently got a chance to fly in a Spitfire fighter again.

  7. www.independent.co.uk › news › obituariesJoy Lofthouse: Second World War pilot who flew Spitfires and ...

    Lofthouse, who has died aged 94, was a Spitfire Woman – one of the last two survivors of the band of 168 female pilots who fought against all odds in the Second World War. They were part of the...

  8. www.express.co.uk › news › obituariesJoy Lofthouse obituary - 1923 - 2017: World War II spitfire ...

    Nov 18, 2017 · BBC/SWNS. Joy Lofthouse was a Spitfire pilot during the Second World war. Joy Lofthouse joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) after seeing an ad in Aeroplane magazine for women who...

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  10. www.forces.net › news › spitfire-lady-joy-lofthouse'Spitfire Lady' Joy Lofthouse Dies Aged 94 - Forces Network

    Nov 16, 2017 · Joy Lofthouse was only a teenager when war was declared in 1939 and she joined the other 165 women in the Air Transport Auxiliary. She flew Spitfires and Hurricanes around the world with her sister, delivering the aircraft to the front lines. They were trained to fly all single and twin-engine aircrafts, and were nicknamed the Attagirls'

  11. uk.news.yahoo.com › trailblazing-female-wwiiFemale WWII Spitfire pilot dies aged 94 - Yahoo News UK

    Nov 17, 2017 · 17 November 2017. Joy Lofthouse was one of just 164 female Spitfires pilots during WWII (SWNS) Joy didn’t witness any sex discrimination during her time as a pilot (SWNS) “Wartime gave many...

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