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Ellis, Mary, 1917-2018

LC control no.nb2018002857
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingEllis, Mary, 1917-2018
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Variant(s)Ellis, Mary, 1917-
Wilkins, Mary, 1917-2018
Associated countryGreat Britain
LocatedIsle of Wight (England)
Birth date1917
Death date2018-07-24
Place of deathIsle of Wight (England)
Field of activityFlight
Profession or occupationAir pilots
Found inA Spitfire girl, 2016: t.p. (Mary Ellis) jacket (Mary Ellis nee Wilkins served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War, after the war she became Managing Director of Sandown Airport)
BBC News website, 8 February 2018: WW2 Spitfire pilot, 2 February 2017 (Mary Ellis delivered Spitfires and bombers to the front line during World War 2 has celebrated her 100th birthday)
El país WWW site, viewed July 26, 2018 (in obituary dated July 26, 2018: the pilot Mary Ellis, a pioneer of British aviation, died Tuesday [July 24, 2018] at age 101 at her home on the Isle of Wight, in the English Channel)
Associated languageeng