Resting place Dunure Cemetery Occupation Aviator Education Girton College, Cambridge | Nationality British Children Elizabeth Fairweather Grandparent James Cochran Stevenson | |
 Full Name Margaret Runciman Born 23 September 1901 ( 1901-09-23 ) West Denton Hall, near Newcastle upon Tyne Cause of death Extensive skull fracture caused by plane crash Spouse(s) Roderick Sydney Nettleton King-Farlow(married July 1925-1936)Douglas Fairweather(married March 1938) Died 4 August 1944, Malpas, United Kingdom Parents Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford People also search for Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford | ||
Margaret Fairweather (23 September 1901 – 4 August 1944) was a British aviator and one of the first eight women members of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). She flew many planes including Tiger Moths and Hurricanes, and was the first woman to fly a Supermarine Spitfire. She had previously been an instructor for the Civil Air Guard at Renfrew.
She died in a crash in 1944 shortly after the death of her husband; also on board was her sister Kitty who was injured. The cause of the crash was a mechanical problem with the fuel tank.
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