Mary Ellis, then Mary Wilkins ... in 2017 for her 100th birthday - held at the airport - Mrs Ellis said the Spitfire had always been her favourite aircraft. "I love it, it's everybody's favourite ...

One of the last living female World War Two pilots, Mary Ellis, has died aged 101 ... 100th birthday - held at the airport - Mrs Ellis said the Spitfire had always been her favourite aircraft.

Mary Ellis, who died in July aged 101 ... The service included a recording of a spitfire engine, and of Mrs Ellis, who described flying the fighters as "playing in the clouds".

Mary Ellis, pioneering female aviator ... after the passing of 96-year-old Geoffrey Wellum, one of the youngest Spitfire pilots to have fought in the Battle of Britain. There are now three ...

The last surviving female Spitfire pilot who flew 400 of the planes during the Second World War has died aged 101. Mary Ellis was the last known remaining pilot of the Air Transport Auxiliary ...

Mary Ellis, who was born in Langley near Witney ... Over the past decade, Mrs Ellis and her fellow remaining Spitfire Women, finally achieved proper recognition of their work and were bestowed ...

Mary Ellis next to a Spitfire at Biggin Hill airfield Credit: PA She claimed to still have scars on her face from when she once crash-landed into a field of cattle, but her skin remained ...

Mary, who also enjoyed driving rally cars, married Donald Ellis in 1961, who shared her love of flying. Last year, just before her 100th birthday, Mrs Ellis flew in a Spitfire again. She was also ...

Mary Ellis joined the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1941 and flew 1,000 planes, including the iconic Spitfire. Born Mary Wilkins in 1917 in the Oxfordshire village of Leafield, she was the last ...

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In commemoration of the Royal Air Force's centenary, the history of the Spitfire airplane and the fighter pilots who helped win World War II's Battle of Britain is explored.