Margaret Gore | |
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Born | Worthing, West Sussex, England | 24 January 1913
Died | 20 August 1993 Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 80)
Education | Bedford High School for Girls |
Occupation(s) | Pilot and osteopath |
Employer | Air Transport Auxiliary & British School of Osteopathy |
Margaret Wyndham Gore MBE (24 January 1913 – 20 August 1993), known as Margot Gore, was a leading British aviator and osteopath. She was appointed MBE for her service as a commander in the Air Transport Auxiliary. She may be the first woman to pilot a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. After the war she trained to be an osteopath rising to teach and then sit on the board of the British School of Osteopathy.