Ann
Wood-Kelly
formerly Wood
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 88
[location unknown]
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Biography
Ann was born in 1918.
She gained a place on the Bowdoin College flight training program in 1941 and after eight hours of flying went solo.Wood-Kelly then stayed with the college and became a flight instructor.Jacqueline Cochran a pioneer female aviator tried to form an American auxiliary with female pilots, but with little interest from the authorities she recruited 24 women, including Wood-Kelly to sail to the United Kingdom to join the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).
During her time as a ferry pilot with the ATA she flew more than 900 aircraft of 75 different types ranging from the single-engined Supermarine Spitfire fighter to the four-engined Avro Lancaster heavy bomber. In 1946, she was awarded the King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom for her services to the United Kingdom.
She passed away in 2006. [1]
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