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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Liam James

World’s only female Spitfire pilot killed in car crash 34 years after husband died same way

PA

The world’s only female Spitfire pilot has died in a car crash, decades after losing her husband in the same way.

Carolyn Grace, 70, made her name with dazzling air displays in the fighter plane best known for its role in defeating the Luftwaffe in the Second World War’s Battle of Britain.

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