The ATA

ATA, or Air Transport Auxiliary, was a British civilian pilots’ organization that ferried aircraft and personnel during WWII. It’s members were pilots not able to serve in RAF, because of their nationality (e.g. as refugees from enemy countries), age and physical state, or gender. Wikipedia article on ATA

Links

• The ATA Museum page
  • digitised materials
• The Air Transport Auxiliary on Kenley Revival - some nice photos, pages about specific pilots
• British Air Transport Auxiliary - a site about ATA
• Anywhere to Anywhere - a radio play about the women of the ATA ^{a new find! still haven’t listened to it, so it might be rubbish, but it’s based on interviews with actual ATAs}
• Air Transport Auxiliary - another site about ATA