Table of Contents
Foreword H.R.H. Prince Michael of Kent vii
Acknowledgements viii
Personal Tribute Carolyn Grace xi
Prologue xiii
Chronology xvii
Chapter 1 My First Spitfires 1
Chapter 2 Early Inspirations 9
Chapter 3 To the Skies - Aged Eight! 17
Chapter 4 Those Were the Days 22
Chapter 5 Going Solo 29
Chapter 6 The ATA Women's Section 35
Chapter 7 'New Eves of the Air' 45
Chapter 8 Fighter Girls 54
Chapter 9 Reporting for Duty 58
Chapter 10 Ferry Girl 69
Chapter 11 No.15 Ferry Pool, Hamble 76
Chapter 12 Forced Landing 82
Chapter 13 'My' Spitfire 89
Chapter 14 Life and Death 97
Chapter 15 All in a Day's Work 106
Chapter 16 Close Calls 113
Chapter 17 'I AM the Pilot' 122
Chapter 18 D-Day Spitfires 130
Chapter 19 Shared Memories 139
Chapter 20 Last Days of the ATA 154
Chapter 21 Rally Driver 165
Chapter 22 'Miss Wilkins Runs an Airport' 170
Chapter 23 'Spitfire Mary' 184
Epilogue 195
Appendix I Spitfire Deliveries 1942-1946 197
Appendix II Hurricane Deliveries 1942-1945 208
Appendix III Swordfish Deliveries 1942-1944 209
Appendix IV Wellington Deliveries 1943-1945 210
Appendix V Typhoon Deliveries 1945 212
Appendix VI Tempest Deliveries 1945 213
Appendix VII Mosquito Deliveries 1945-1946 214
Appendix VIII Eleven Types In Ten Days March 1944 215
Appendix IX Twelve Types In Ten Days August 1945 216
Appendix X Twelve Types In Twenty Days May 1945 217
Appendix XI Aircraft Types Flown 218
Appendix XII Airfields Flown To and From During ATA Service 220
Bibliography 223
Index 225
