Not in 'Forgotten Pilots' or 'Brief Glory' née Pond Father: Henry William Pond, mother Dorothy Rosie [Piggott] Ed. County Girls School, Cambridge prev: Secretarial/Clerical, Marshalls of Cambridge prev exp: 11hrs 10min on DH Moths m. 1940 RAF F/O (pilot instructor) Renford Percy Davey [widowed - Renford d. 9 May 1941, shot down by an intruder at Sibson, Leics during a night training flight]
m. Apr 1942 in Swindon,
Derrick Stephen 'Steve' Davies (b. 6 Feb 1907, a solicitor)( 2 daughters and a son John Anthony Renford Davies) exp in ATA: Magister: 100hrs 40min; Hart: 11hrs 50min; Fairchild: 14hrs 05min; Tutor: 1 hr. [Resigned 11 Mar-43] Her daughter tells me: "Incidentally the reason she resigned in 1943 was because she became pregnant - with me" The family moved to Egypt in 1947, and to Kenya in 1953 d. Dec 2008
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