词条 | Joy Lofthouse |
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Early lifeLofthouse grew up in South Cerney in Gloucestershire.[3] CareerIn 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.[4][3] Only 17 out of 2,000 applicants were accepted, including Joy, who had never even driven a car, and Yvonne.[4] She was one of a total of 168 women who were members of the Air Transport Auxiliary.[5] Her job was to deliver aircraft from the factories where they were made to the airfields where they were to be flown from by Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots.[3] Lofthouse was able to fly 38 different types of aircraft.[5] During the war, they were based at White Waltham, in Berkshire.[5] After World War II, she became a teacher.[5] In May 2015, Lofthouse flew a Spitfire for the first time in over 70 years, to commemorate VE Day.[6] She said, "It was the iconic plane, the Spitfire lasted much longer than [the Hurricane] because it was such a wonderful aeroplane, I think. [It is] the nearest thing to having wings of your own and flying."[6] Personal lifeShe was married twice and had three children. Her second marriage was to Charles Lofthouse, himself a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot, and they were married for 30 years until his death in 2002 at the age of 80.[5] She died in November 2017, at the age of 94.[2] When she died, Lofthouse, was one of the final two surviving World War Two "Spitfire Girls".[4] References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Fountain|first1=Nigel|title=Joy Lofthouse obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/01/joy-lofthouse-obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=14 March 2018|language=en|date=1 December 2017}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lofthouse, Joy}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-42012740|title=WW2 Spitfire pilot Joy Lofthouse dies|date=16 November 2017|website=BBC News|accessdate=17 November 2017}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/16/joy-lofthouse-trailblazing-second-world-war-pilot-dies-at-94|title=Joy Lofthouse, second world war pilot and trailblazer, dies at 94|first=Patrick|last=Greenfield|date=16 November 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=17 November 2017|via=}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/11/16/joy-lofthouse-spitfire-girl-obituary/|title=Joy Lofthouse, Spitfire Girl – obituary|date=16 November 2017|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=17 November 2017|via=}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/last-surviving-female-spitfire-pilot-11533462|title=Last surviving female Spitfire and Hurricane pilot Joy Lofthouse dies, aged 94|first=Louie|last=Smith|date=16 November 2017|newspaper=Daily Mirror|accessdate=17 November 2017}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ve-day-92-year-old-second-world-war-veteran-flies-spitfire-for-first-time-in-70-years-10235907.html|title=Ecstatic 92-year-old Spitfire pilot takes to the skies again after 70 years|date=8 May 2015|newspaper=The Independent|accessdate=17 November 2017}} 6 : 1923 births|2017 deaths|British women in World War II|Air Transport Auxiliary pilots|British female aviators|People from South Cerney |
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