In our first of six shows in celebration of both International Women's Day and 100 years of partial voting rights for women in the UK, SNS Online returnee, Louise Jameson, waxes lyrical about Big Finish Productions' ATA Girl (devised by Louise herself). ATA Girl is an audio drama inspired by the real women of the *Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. From the UK and beyond, a hundred and sixty eight female pilots, alongside the men, transported a vast range of aircraft from the factories to the squadrons, sometimes flying in perilous weather conditions and without radios or instrument instruction.
One in ten ATA pilots died.
Our next show features author and historian, Diane Atkinson.
Download ep 1/ATA Girl for free.
https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/ata-girl-free-episode?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=atagirl
Related links.
http://www.airtransportaux.com/
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/online-exhibitions/air-transport-auxiliary.aspx
Cover art: Tom Newsom
In memory of all those who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary.
For Jill Hyem.
Other shows in the "Rise Up, Women!" range -
The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-rise-up-women-the-remarkable-lives-of-the-suffragettes
Carolyn Robertson
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-bitesized-series-5-rise-up-women-carolyn-robertson
Biddy Baxter MBE
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-rise-up-women-biddy-baxter-mbe
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*A donation has been made to The Royal British Legion.
https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/
Other shows currently in preparation...
John Challis - actor
Jonny Benjamin MBE - mental health campaigner
Howlround - radiophonic musicians
Trunchonbury - Norfolk music festival
Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X
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