Amy Johnson was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom on 1st July 1903 and died in London on 5th January 1941. Her only family is her husband Jim Mollison. And from his childhood, nothing is known.
She studied in her hometown, graduating later in art and economics from the University of Sheffield.
She worked in London as a secretary and began her hobby aviation, obtaining her pilot's license in late 1929.
In 1930 she was the first woman to fly from England to Australia on a flight of 17 600 kilometers aboard a "De Havilland Gipsy Moth" (G-AAAH record) which is now in the Museum of Science in London . For this feat received Harmon Trophy, as well as the Order of the British Empire in his degree of Commander (C.B.E.).
SHE made other flights between 1931 and 1933.
SHE married in 1932 with the Scottish pilot Jim Mollison, FROM which SHE divorced in 1938. The airplane that SHE bought second-hand FROM "Mr. De Havilland" was called Jason.
This person BECAME very important because she was the first British woman to obtain the title of technician in maintenance of aircraft and also was the first aviator of the Air Transport Auxiliary, that piloted airplanes for the RAF. SHE DIED in World War II
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