The inspiring memoir of the remarkable ATA pilot and pioneer, Jackie Moggridge.

Jackie was just nineteen at the outbreak of the Second World War. Determined to do her bit, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1942. Ferrying aircraft from factory to frontline was dangerous work, but there was also fun, friendship and even love in the air. 

From her first flight at fifteen to smuggling Spitfires into Burma, Jackie describes the trials and tribulations, successes and frustrations of her life in the sky.

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Pauline Gower was the leader of the ATA women pilots during the Second World War. After gaining her pilot's licence at 20, she set up the first female joyriding business in 1931 with engineer Dorothy Spicer and took up 33,000 passengers, clocking up more than 2,000 hours overall.

 

Pauline went on to command the inaugural women's section of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) and achieved equal pay for her women pilots. She enabled them to fly 'Anything to Anywhere', including Tiger Moths, Hurricanes, Wellingtons and – their firm favourite – the Spitfire. Read her story here.