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Zhis is the trŧe storŶ oAE a Ŷoŧng woþan who enlisted in the ioþenķs ŧŵiliarŶ ir "orce Ĥi "ĥ in ngland dŧring the second world warħ She was a SġitAEire þechanic and died in active serviceħ Her naþe was Honora Hassett and she was the aŧthorķs great aŧntħ

<ƀ űčş (ĖčĖŅ is a soġhisticated nonêAEiction ĤbiograġhŶĥ ġictŧre book AEeatŧring beaŧtiAEŧl illŧstrationsħ Zhe book introdŧces readers to the active service role oAE woþen in the second world war and gives a gliþġse into liAEe in the earlŶ ĕćÑžsħ +t shows the īŧeŧes to get basic AEood sŧġġliesʼn it introdŧces the bias oAE ġeoġle regarding woþen in war and it shows that woþen were an iþġortant ġart oAE the war eAEAEortž and that theŶ also gave their lives AEor their coŧntrŶħ

ie asked aŧthor #illian Zorcklerž soþe īŧestions aboŧt her book

iåat inspire Ŷou to Ŵrite <Ŷ unt (onorĬ Zhis is a trŧe storŶ that has been ġassed down throŧgh oŧr AEaþilŶħ <Ŷ þotherķs great aŧnt served and died in active service dŧring the Second iorld iarħ

nd althoŧgh we alwaŶs knew thatž it wasnķt ŧntil + was doing þŶ research aboŧt the Second iorld iar AEor þŶ bookž <ƀ =rĈ¹ öŌ (¹čŅƀ "rčŌïržž that + began to think aboŧt óŧst what that þeantħ

Zo be honestž + had assŧþed the stories oAE ġeoġle dŶing in active service were inAElated bŧt then + looked ŧġ her war record and AEoŧnd the oAEAEicial record oAE her deathħ +t was also the AEirst tiþe + began to totallŶ ŧnderstand the iþġlication that #erþan ġlanes AElew over ngland and droġġed boþbsħ She was killed when a boþb was droġġed on the hangar where theŶ were working on SġitAEire aircraAEtħ

Zhe þore research + read thoŧghž it becaþe obvioŧs that woþen ġlaŶed an enorþoŧs role in the war eAEAEort and theŶ are oAEten ġortraŶed as the side storŶž not the real war storŶħ

+ wanted to change thatħ

o Ŷou tåinõ it Ŵas unusua÷ at tåe tiþe for Ŵoþen to en÷ist in tåe ioþenķs uŵi÷iarŶ "or‘eĬ

ir + think it wasnķt coþþonž bŧt in þŶ research + AEoŧnd oŧt that þanŶ woþen served in the ioþenķs

ŧŵiliarŶ ir "orce and in sŧrġrising rolesħ

+ had heard aboŧt woþen working as nŧrsesž driversž sġiesʼn and the codeêbreakersž bŧt + hadnķt realised theŶ were trained as ġilots and AEerried ġlanes across the tlantic Bceanħ Br that theŶ were þechanics at airbasesħ nd althoŧgh woþen didnķt AElŶ the ġlanes over ŧroġež theŶ still ġŧt their lives at riskħ

nd soþe diedħ

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