The Hurricane Girls by Jo Wheeler - ISBN: 9780241354636
Paperback
Women pilots risked all delivering warplanes in WWII.

The Hurricane Girls

The inspirational true story of the women who dared to fly

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2018

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Summary

The extraordinary true story of the last surviving ‘Attagirls’ who flew planes from factories to the front line during the Second World War.

While their husbands, brothers and sweethearts fought in Europe and their mothers, sisters and friends kept the home fires burning, for the first time, a group of remarkable women took to the skies. They weren’t allowed into combat but risked their lives in bad weather and without radios to bring our boys the aircraft they so vitally needed.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241354636
ISBN-10:0241354633
Author:Jo Wheeler
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:15 July 2018
Weight:256g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

Meet the women who kept the RAF flying during World War ll … Nearly 80 years after the war started, the battle over equal work continues and prejudice still hold many girls back from taking up jobs considered to be men’s work. But opinions are changing and the women of the ATA remain an inspiration * The Big Issue *

About The Author

Jo Wheeler

Jo Wheeler is a writer and radio producer who has written books with Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and worked with a 1950s policewoman to write her memoir, Bobby on the Beat. She has also produced numerous historical and arts documentaries for the BBC over the past fifteen years.

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