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 ...

British World War II pilot Mary Ellis with a Spitfire at Biggin Hill Airfield in England in 2015. (Gareth Fuller / Associated Press) By Phil Davison . July 26, 2018 8:20 PM PT . Share .

Mary Ellis served in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during the war, delivering Spitfire and bomber aircraft to British military officers on the frontlines. The organization specialized in ...

Mary Ellis, one of the last surviving female aviators from the United Kingdom’s wartime forces who played a vital part in defeating Germany in the battle for Britain’s skies during World War ...

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, one of the last surviving pilots of ... kick off the celebrations and although weather conditions stopped a Spitfire flypast, there was a cake with a picture of the aircraft on top.

Video: Touching moment last of the Spitfire Girls was reunited with iconic plane which she signed as a romantic gesture in 1944 as Mary Ellis passes away aged 101 ...

WW2 Spitfire pilot Mary Ellis dies. Published. 26 July 2018. Share. close panel. Share page. Copy link. About sharing ... Mary Ellis, has died aged 101 at her home on the Isle of Wight.

Mary Wilkins was born on Feb. 2, 1917, on a farm in Oxfordshire, west of London, to Charles and Ellen Wilkins, according to the autobiography “A Spitfire Girl,” written with Melody Foreman.

Mary Ellis, one of Britain's greatest aviators, died yesterday at age 101. Last week I took my kids to meet her. My boy clasped a model plane. She asked what it was. 'Spitfire' he whispered.

The death of Mary Wilkins Ellis on July 25 at 101 — a year older ... miss when landing in thick fog at the same time a combat Spitfire landed on the same runway from the opposite direction.