Title

Amy Johnson, pioneering English aviator, c1930s. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Amy Johnson, pioneering English aviator, c1930s. In 1930, Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in her DH60 Moth aeroplane 'Jason'. In 1932, she set a record for the fastest solo flight from England to Cape Town, South Africa, and in 1933 she flew non-stop across the Atlantic in a De Havilland biplane with her husband, James Mollison. Johnson joined the Air Transport Auxilary as a pilot in WWII, during which she was lost after baling out over the Thames estuary.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historisk Bildbyra

Reference

HRM19D82_213

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No

License type

Rights managed

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40,7Mb (1,3Mb) / 11,0in x 14,4in / 3289 x 4327 (300dpi)

Keywords

England female women woman people country flight British English location century Britain pilot thirties aviation record lady B&W pioneer MONOCHROME aviator black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century record breaker Amy Johnson James photograph portrait Historisk Bildbyrå Unknown Johnson Amy James Mollison Mollison James Mollison photograph portrait