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Winged Odyssey - The story of Mary Duchess of Bedford

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Charts, for the first time, the air war over Britain and Europe from November 1st to December 31st 1940.

The Duchess of Bedford took her first flight in 1926 at the age of 61. For the next eleven years flying became her hobby and neans of transport around Britain and beyond; to Europe, Jerusalem and Petra, The Gambia and the Canaries, and finally across the Sahara. In 1937 she took off on a solo flight - and was never seen again. A fascinating story of a pioneering woman.