1944: ‘Vackie’ Jack

Secrets, Spitfires and Surprises! It’s a busy time for Jack on the day before D-Day.

Attagirls – a nickname for the female pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary, allowed to fly planes during and after WW2. There was a female only squadron based at Hamble, Southampton. Spitfires were assembled in sections in Southampton and Salisbury, often in converted garages and warehouses to avoid detection and the bombing raids of the Germans. There were RAF airfields at Tarrant Rushton and Old Sarum. A horsa glider nicknamed Lady Irene, left Tarrant Rushton on the eve of D-Day and was the first plane to touch down on French soil for the D-Day operations.