Elsie Joy Davison | |
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Born | Elsie Joy Muntz 14 March 1910 |
Died | 8 July 1940 | (aged 30)
Cause of death | Aircraft crash |
Occupation(s) | Aviator, businesswoman |
Spouse | William Frank Davison (1933–1939) |
Elsie Joy Davison (née Muntz; 14 March 1910 – 18 July 1940) was a Canadian-born British aviator and airline director. She started flying herself in 1929. After becoming a director of an aircraft company in 1936, she died serving with the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1940, becoming the first female British aviator to die in World War II.