Name/TitleAmy Johnson
MakerBabington Smith, Constance
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback illustrated book with blue covers titled 'Amy Johnson' by Constance Babington Smith. The book includes a map of Amy Johnson's flight to Australia in 1930 (between pp. 200-201) and is divided into three main sections:
Part One: Prelude
Part Two: Triumph
Part Three: The Victim
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 224 x W: 157 D: 30 mm
Date Made1967
PeriodEarly 20th century
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesCollins, St James's Place, London
PublisherCollins
Publication Date1967
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Johnson:
Amy Johnson CBE (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s. In 1933, Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Christopher Strong was inspired by Johnson. She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Her aircraft crashed into the Thames Estuary: she died after bailing out. Because her body was never recovered, the precise cause of her death—drowning, hypothermia or being pulled into a warship's moving propellers, is unknown and has been a subject of discussion since the possibility of friendly fire was raised in 1999 (see below) [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Babington_Smith:
Constance Babington Smith MBE, FRSL (15 October 1912 – 31 July 2000) was a British journalist and writer, but is probably best known for her wartime work in imagery intelligence [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Subject and Association KeywordsSTEM
Subject and Association Keywordsaviation, flight
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-91-1
Spine LabelCONSTANCE BABINGTON SMITH ~ AMY JOHNSON ~ COLLINS
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved