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Lofthouse was born Joyce Gough, but was always known as Joy, in Cirencester and grew up in South Cerney, both in Gloucestershire. Career. In 1943, 20-year-old Lofthouse and her elder sister Yvonne joined the Air Transport Auxiliary, after they saw an ad in a magazine which was seeking women to learn how to fly.
- Joyce Gough, 14 February 1923, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
- Air Transport Auxiliary
- 15 November 2017 (aged 94)
- Aviator
Dec 1, 2017 · She was born Joyce Gough, always known as Joy, in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Her father was a professional footballer who later became a hairdresser, and her mother was a dressmaker....
Nov 16, 2017 · WW2 Spitfire pilot Joy Lofthouse dies aged 94. 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...
Nov 16, 2017 · One of the unsung heroines of WW2 who flew in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) above the skies of Britain has died aged 94. 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 ...
Nov 16, 2017 · The trailblazing second world war pilot Joy Lofthouse, who flew bombers and fighter aircraft for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during the conflict, has died aged 94. Lofthouse was part of a ...
- Patrick Greenfield
Nov 24, 2017 · Born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, in 1923 and educated at Cirencester Grammar School, Lofthouse was working as a bank cashier when she read about the ATA’s call for pilots.
Joy Lofthouse was a pilot who flew bombers and fighter aircraft for the ATA during the Second World War. Born on 14 February 1923 in South Cerney in Gloucestershire, Lofthouse was educated at Cirencester Grammar School. She was working as a cashier at Lloyds Bank when the Second World War broke out.
