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Diana Barnato Walker

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Diana Barnato Walker (1918-2008)

1918 January 15th. Born at Camden Town the daughter of [Woolf Barnato|Joel Woolf Barnato]] and Dorothy Maitland Falk

Became the fastest woman on earth in 1963 flying a Lightning at Mach 1.65 (1262 mph)

WW2 Joined the Air Transport Auxiliary

1944 married at Englefield Green to Wing-Cmdr Derrick Ronald Walker (d.1945)

1994 Wrote "Spreading My Wings"

2008 Obituary.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Brooklands Society Gazette Vol 33. No 3. 2008
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