Father: William Calver, mother Edith Annie Ed. Mistley Council School prev: Stewardess, Welfare Dept, London Transport Next of kin (mother) Annie Plummer, 47 Victor Rd, Hythe, Colchester prev exp: 14 hrs Address in 1936: 9 Basedale Rd, Dagenham, Essex Address in 1942: 58 Green Lane, Ilford, Essex "Molly Calver pours out tea every day for the busmen at her London garage. Each time she hopes it will be the last time. She paid her subscription of sixpence a week when the London Transport Flying Club started" "From bus garage canteen stewardess to air ferry pilot is the wartime change by Miss Molly Calver, only woman among the 1,200 members of London Transport's Central Buses Flying Club. She'll soon be leaving her job at Dalston to become a member of Air Transport Auxiliary. " - Daily Mirror - Wednesday 21 January 1942 [Resigned] m. Jan 1949 Joseph T Pulham
"Molly Calver seated in her aircraft before taking off at Chobham. Molly is a stewardess employed by London Transport at their Romford Garage and has worked for the London Transport Board for 20 years, but only very few of her hundreds of workmates realised that she is 'an old sweat' aeroplane pilot during World War II. Before the war, Molly was a pilot in the London Transport Road Services Sports Association Flying Club and, during the war years, was an Air Transport Auxiliary Pilot, ferrying all types of aircraft. " [Hmmm]
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