Mary Ellis (pilot)

Mary Ellis
Photograph of Mary Ellis. An elderly woman with white hair wearing a dark blue suit and a red British Legion poppy.
Mary Ellis at the Royal Albert Hall for her appearance at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance in November 2016
Born
Mary Wilkins

(1917-02-02)2 February 1917
Leafield, Oxfordshire, England
Died24 July 2018(2018-07-24) (aged 101)
Sandown, Isle of Wight, England
Occupation(s)Air Transport Auxiliary
Royal Air Force
airport manager
Known forAircraft pilot
Spouse
Don Ellis
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(m. 1961; died 2009)​

Mary Ellis (née Wilkins; 2 February 1917 – 24 July 2018) was a British ferry pilot, and one of the last surviving British female pilots from the Second World War.[1]

  1. ^ McKay, Jessica (26 July 2018). "Mary Ellis, the last female second world war pilot, dies aged 101". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2018.