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  1. 07-26-2018 05:55 #1

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    Default Last of the Spitfire girls, Mary Ellis, dies aged 101

    http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews...yrh?ocid=ientp

    What a lady!

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  2. 07-26-2018 08:31 #2

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    Quite a lady, she flew 76 types & 400 Spits. Thankyou & RIP Mary & all the ATA ladies

    And she flew in one on her 100th birthday...
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  3. 07-26-2018 09:39 #3

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    Another of our old defenders passes to that great pilot in the sky's keeping.
    Her interview the other week was most inspiring.
    Rest in peace Mary Ellis.
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    A remarkable lady. May she rest in peace.
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    A great lady. R.I.P. Mary.
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