W.134 2nd Officer  Margaret 'Elspeth' Russell 
 flag canada   b. 14 Jul 1922, Montreal, Canada 25 Sep 1943 to 31 Oct 1945 

 

margaret russell 1945  RAeC 1945

 ata elspeth russell ATA    

 Father: William Russell

Ed. King's Hill, Compton, Quebec; McGill University

prev. exp. 150 hrs

Address in 1943: 'Hillcrest', Matane, Quebec


Arrived in Liverpool from Nova Scotia on 19 Oct 1943


 m. 1945 in Hendon, London, Gerald Burnett (q.v.), a fellow ex-ATA pilot

They settled in Matane, Quebec, and formed their own airline: Matane Air Services.

Later, a flight instructor

"In 2002 Elspeth was inducted posthumously into the Quebec Aviation Hall of Fame."


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