Moggridge, Jackie (1922–2004)
Moggridge, Jackie (1922–2004)
English aviator. Born Dolores Teresa Sorour, Mar 1, 1922, in Pretoria, South Africa; died Jan 7, 2004; married Lt-Colonel Reginald Moggridge, 1945 (died 1997); children: 2 daughters.
Wartime Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) pilot, 1st soloed at age 16 in South Africa; moved to England and took a flying course at Witney Aeronautical College (1939); during WWII, joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and became a radar operator; transferred to the ATA and ferried more than 63 types of aircraft from the factories to the squadrons; later flew jet aircraft as an officer in the Women's Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and became an airline captain for Channel Airways.
See also memoir, Woman Pilot (1957).
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