Art Resource - AR978185

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British aviator Amy Johnson with her husband, James Mollison, c1930s.

British aviator Amy Johnson with her husband, James Mollison, c1930s. In 1930, Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in her DH60 Moth aeroplane 'Jason'. In 1932, she set a record for the fastest solo flight from England to Cape Town, South Africa, and in 1933 she flew non-stop across the Atlantic in a De Havilland biplane with her husband, James Mollison, who she married in 1932. Johnson joined the Air Transport Auxilary as a pilot in WWII, during which she was lost after baling out over the Thames estuary.

Unique Identifier AR978185

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3279px × 4291px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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