Mary Bailey (aviator)

Mary Bailey
Mary, Lady Bailey, 1911
Born
The Hon Mary Westenra

(1890-12-01)1 December 1890
Died(1960-08-29)29 August 1960 (aged 69)
Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa
NationalityBritish
OccupationAviator
Spouse
(m. 1911⁠–⁠1940)
(his death)
Children5, including Derrick and James

Mary, Lady Bailey, DBE (née Westenra; 1 December 1890 – 29 July 1960) was an Anglo-Irish aviator. She was known as one of the finest aviatrices of her time, who '"personally guided a plane from England to the nether tip of South Africa and back"[1]

  1. ^ Time, 28 January 1930 p. 30