Image: Pauline Gower, Commandant of the Air Transport Auxiliary Women's Section, waving from the cockpit of a de Havilland Tiger Moth at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, prior to a delivery flight, 10 January 1940. C380

Description: Pauline Gower, Commandant of the Air Transport Auxiliary Women's Section, waving from the cockpit of a de Havilland Tiger Moth at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, prior to a delivery flight, 10 January 1940. Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA): Women pilots, forming a section of the Air Transport Auxiliary service, ferried new Royal Air Force aircraft from factory to aerodrome. Photograph shows Pauline Gower, Commandant of the ATA Women's Section, waving from the cockpit of a De Havilland Tiger Moth at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, prior to a delivery flight. The shadow of the Air Ministry official photographer who took the picture, B J H Daventry, can be seen on the left.
Title: Pauline Gower, Commandant of the Air Transport Auxiliary Women's Section, waving from the cockpit of a de Havilland Tiger Moth at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, prior to a delivery flight, 10 January 1940. C380
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//36/media-36209/large.jpg This is photograph C 380 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Daventry B J H (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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