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Amy Johnson
British aviator (–)
This article is about the British aviator.
Biography amy johnson
For other uses, see Amy Johnson (disambiguation).
Amy JohnsonCBE (born 1 July – disappeared 5 January ) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the s.
In , Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Christopher Strong was inspired by Johnson. She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
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Her aircraft crashed into the Thames Estuary: she died after bailing out. Because her body was never recovered, the precise cause of her death—drowning, hypothermia or being pulled into a warship's moving propellers, is unknown and has been a subject of discussion since the possibility of friendly fire was raised in (see below).
Early life
Born in in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Amy Johnson was the daughter of Amy Hodge, grand