amyjohnson

Amy Johnson CBE, (1 July 1903 – 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English aviatrix. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, Johnson set numerous long-distance records during the 1930s. Johnson flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary where she died during a ferry flight. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Johnson

Amy Johnson was such a celebrated aviator that songs were written about her. Billy Maloney, who was a well known vaudeville performer and composer in the 1920s wrote a song called "Take off your hats to Amy Johnson". You can see this music score online at the National Library of Australia.



See the whole music score

Many real photo postcards of Amy Johnson were published. One set was sponsored by the magazine "Tit-bits," which today seems pretty funny. I have a picture of one of their cards here.

My Grandfather was the man who drove out to her crashed plane when she landed in Brisbane at Eagle Farm Aerodrome. I have a documented original photograph of Amy Johnson on the raised stand with flowers with my Grandfather standing in the open car in front of the stand. The photo is embossed from the photographer "F. W. Thiel Brisbane".

detcatguy, thanks for sharing your story and what a great photograph to have in your possession!

how interesting! One of our pioneers

I had a great day at the National Archives last Saturday picking up my first reader's ticket and looking at old documents. A very appropriate document for International Womens Day

Beautiful

Amy Johnson. Her body was never recovered.

I wrote a newspaper article about Amy Johnson landing at Richmond Air Base on her trip to Australia, with an original photograph taken by my mother. Could I have an email contact please for the National Archives so I can email you a copy? Carol R