Through the darkest days of the Second World War, an elite group of
courageous civilian women risked their lives as aerial courier pilots,
flying Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and many other powerful war machines
in thousands of perilous missions. The dangers these women faced were
many: they flew unarmed, without radio and in some cases without
instruments, in conditions where even unexpected cloud could mean
disaster.In The Female Few, five of these astonishingly brave women tell
their awe-inspiring tales of incredible risk, tenacity and sacrifice.
Their spirit and fearlessness in the face of death still resonates down
the years, and their accounts reveal a forgotten chapter in the history
of the Second World War.