Margot Duhalde (1920-2018) *97

Margot Duhalde was a Chilean pilot who served with the Air Transport Auxiliary of the Royal Air Force in World War II. She was Chile's first female pilot and first ffemale air traffic controller. Duhalde learned to fly with the Air Club of Chile in Santiago. At the outbreak of World War II, Duhalde volunteered with a French-Chilean group and travelled by ship to Europe with the intention of joining the French Free Forces as a pilot. She arrived in Liverpool, England, in April 1941, and was initially detained in jail in London for five days as a suspected spy. Upon her release, she was informed that the French Free Forces did not accept women pilots, and she was instead assigned domestic work and kitchen chores. She subsequently learned that the Royal Air Force was willing to accept women pilots, and she applied to join the Air Transport Auxiliary of the RAF, an organisation responsible for transporting aircraft.

View the latest documents, pictures, photos and images of or upload the files of your loved one.

Consider uploading your photo - so that your pictures are included in our genealogy, family trees & family history records. Sysoon enables anyone to create a free online tribute for a much loved relative or friend who has passed away.

Attention: Death verified by Social security index. - Accuracy of the file

Hashtag: sysoon86224562, memorial86224562, grave86224562, death, funeral, findagrave, buria , obituary, 523aeb2, ot Duhalde, obits, ssn, family,

Share Your Memories and Sympathies and Join the Bereaved! Login or Sign-up to show all important data, death records and obituaries absolutely for free!