First . Wings For Women AKA 1st Woman Gets RAF Wings (1952)

Redhill, Surrey. LV. Pilot Officer Jean Lennox Bird arriving in a Chipmunk. SV. Air Commodore Nancy Salmon awaiting Pilot Officer Bird. SV. Pilot Officer Bird getting out of ’plane. SV. Air Commodore Salmon shaking hands with Pilot Officer Bird. GV. Arrival on parade ground of Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Home Command, Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman. SV. . personnel lined up for presentation. SV. Pilot Officer Bird marching up to Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman. CU. Pilot Officer Bird. SCU. A/M Sir Ronald Ivelaw Chapman pinning wings onto Pilot Officer Bird. SV. High-ranking and . Watching. CU. Pilot Officer Bird with wings. (Mute Neg.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 ite