Elsie Mackay
Aviator and silent film actress
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Dr Daphne Pochin Mould
Irish geologist, author, photographer and flight instructor
Mary Heath
Irish athlete and aviator
Madeleine C O’Rourke
Irish aviator and organiser of aviation events
Sophie Cook
Transgender former Labour Party Parliamentary candidate, RAF veteran, Premier League Football photographer, self harm and suicide survivor
Lilian Bader
One of the first women of African descent to join the British armed forces.
Amy Kane
In 1951 she was appointed an OBE for services to women’s organisations. She continued to serve them faithfully for another 20 years and in 1963 was the first New Zealand woman to complete 100,000 flying miles.
Mairi Bury
Irish aviator, gardener, philatelist and sportswoman
Lilian Bland
Pioneering Irish aviator
Kitty Kain
Kitty Kain was appointed superintendent of New Zealand’s Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1941.